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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Zwilda stay?
(a) Motel Casa de Flores.
(b) Hotel of the Sea Lily.
(c) Hotel of the Barren Flower.
(d) Inn of the Bland Sea.

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

3. Who is Cavedagna?
(a) A librarian.
(b) A professor.
(c) A desk clerk.
(d) A writer.

4. Who reads "Leaning from the Steep Slope" out loud?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Uzzi-Tuzzii.
(c) The reader.
(d) Lotaria.

5. What is combined with description in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Beautiful imagery.
(b) Sexual innuendo.
(c) Caricatures.
(d) Intense violence.

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

7. How does the author refer to the woman the reader talks to?
(a) The book lover.
(b) The female reader.
(c) The other reader.
(d) The girl.

8. To what type of organization does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler belong?
(a) The police force.
(b) A large and powerful one.
(c) One in which he could be killed at any moment.
(d) One that is weaker than the police.

9. Why did the narrator in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" kill the man?
(a) Over money.
(b) Over a legal issue.
(c) Over a woman.
(d) Over drugs.

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

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

12. Where does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler leave his suit case overnight?
(a) Under a bench.
(b) The bus station.
(c) The police station.
(d) A woman's shop.

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

14. What did Marana claim to be, according to the publishing house?
(a) An author.
(b) An illustrator.
(c) A translator.
(d) An agent.

15. Where does Ludmilla want the reader to meet her?
(a) Cafe.
(b) University.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler want to turn back time?

2. According to the police chief, where should the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler leave right away?

3. Who is the author of "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

4. From what perspective is most of the novel written?

5. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?

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