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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After examining the narration , which character would most like to read "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Irnerio.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Alex.

2. Who made love to the man before he was killed in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Toazio.
(d) Bernadette.

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

4. Which character is Irina most like?
(a) The reader.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) Irnerio.
(d) Ludmilla.

5. What is similar to the reader's book and the book Uzzi-Tuzzii translates?
(a) Proper names.
(b) Plot.
(c) Author.
(d) Location.

6. What is Uzzi-Tuzii's profession?
(a) Chef.
(b) Writer.
(c) Bookstore owner.
(d) Professor.

7. in "Outside the Town of Malbork," why will nothing be the same for the main character?
(a) He will never come back home.
(b) He knows when he comes back everybody else will be gone.
(c) His parents are getting divorced.
(d) He has changed too much.

8. Which character in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" is described as ungrateful and terse?
(a) Eric.
(b) Valerian.
(c) Alex.
(d) Irina.

9. At whom does Irina point a revolver?
(a) Alex.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) Valerian.
(d) Eric.

10. What are the names of the two languages with a conflict in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) English and Cimmerian.
(b) Cimmerian and Cimbric.
(c) French and English.
(d) Cimbric and Spanish.

11. For what does the author chastise the reader?
(a) Reading in the dark.
(b) Taking the book to work.
(c) Reading in bed.
(d) Taking the book on the subway.

12. Who enjoys reading books without underlying meanings?
(a) Irnerio.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) The reader.
(d) Lotaria.

13. Where does the reader look for answers about the story's setting in Chapter 2?
(a) An encyclopedia.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) Google.
(d) An atlas.

14. Where do the two characters dispose of a dead body in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) Over a terrace.
(b) In a dumpster.
(c) At a cemetery.
(d) In a river.

15. Whose name is on a death sentence for treason in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Alex.
(b) Vortus.
(c) Irina.
(d) Valerian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ludmilla read?

2. According to Marana, who does not matter?

3. With whom does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler talk?

4. According to the man in "Outside the Town of Malbork," what does the feud with another group cause?

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

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