2. Which of the following is a theme in the first chapter of the book?
(a) Different types of books in the world.
(b) Determination.
(c) The censorship of books.
(d) Happiness found in books.

3. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?
(a) Along the lake.
(b) Around a pond.
(c) Along the harbor.
(d) Along a hiking trail.

4. What does the reader exchange with the woman?
(a) Addresses.
(b) Books.
(c) Phone numbers.
(d) Course schedules.

5. What language does Marana confess that he cannot read?
(a) Cimmerian.
(b) English.
(c) Cimbrian.
(d) Italian.

6. In "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow," what is the name of the dead man?
(a) Luke.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Lee.

7. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?
(a) Books.
(b) Music.
(c) The bookseller.
(d) The bookstore.

8. What do the police tell the man to do in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?
(a) To give him the suitcase.
(b) To find the woman he was talking to.
(c) To sit down and answer questions.
(d) To leave town quickly.

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

10. Why is "Leaning from the Steep Slope" unfinished?
(a) The author no longer enjoyed writing.
(b) The author was censored.
(c) The author committed suicide.
(d) The book's publisher dropped the author.

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

12. Where does the author assume that the reader reads the book?
(a) In bed.
(b) On a bus.
(c) Curled up in a chair at home.
(d) On a plane.

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

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

15. What is Galligani's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Actor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Professor.