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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author assume about the reader throughout the book?
(a) That the reader likes to read.
(b) That the reader is a man.
(c) That the reader is poor.
(d) That the reader is a teenager.

2. Why does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler want to turn back time?
(a) So he can be happy again.
(b) So he doesn't have to see the woman waiting for him.
(c) So his train is not late.
(d) So he can postpone his meeting.

3. What does Zwilda draw?
(a) The beach.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Fish.
(d) Seashells.

4. What allows the reader to personalize the story?
(a) Specific settings.
(b) Vague descriptions.
(c) Impersonal dialogue.
(d) Easily dislikable characters.

5. Who is the author of "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Cortus Cordelius.
(b) Vortus Vijandi.
(c) Shansin Genovice.
(d) Franklin Pierce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Leaning from the Steep Slope"?

2. Which character in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" is described as ungrateful and terse?

3. Which character is Irina most like?

4. Where does If On a Winter's Night a Traveler begin?

5. Who enjoys reading books that will always exist?

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