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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and Around an Empty Grave.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Flannery mistake for somebody who wants to get to know him personally?
(a) The reader.
(b) Marana.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Ludmilla.

2. What does the author admit to wishing to convey through descriptions of a fight?
(a) A true sense of romance.
(b) A true sense of violence.
(c) A true sense of imagery.
(d) A true sense of character.

3. According to Marana, who does not matter?
(a) Authors.
(b) Readers.
(c) Translators.
(d) Publishers.

4. According to Marana, what is the only thing that dictates which novels survive?
(a) Title.
(b) Time.
(c) Author.
(d) Language.

5. What do the two characters in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" want to do with a dead man?
(a) Turn him in to the police.
(b) Burn him.
(c) Sell him.
(d) Bury him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is combined with description in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

2. What is the one thing Marana could not stand about his former lover?

3. Where does Zwilda stay?

4. Who summoned Marana to break off translation of a novel at a suspenseful part?

5. What is the name of the character in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" who is in possession of two men?

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