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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miyagi want the young man to gather for them in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Small lizards..
(c) Water lilies.
(d) Berries.

2. Why does the Director claim to read?
(a) To learn new words.
(b) To find hidden meaning.
(c) For knowledge.
(d) For pleasure.

3. According to Lotaria, who will win as a result of the world's fakeness?
(a) The organization.
(b) The counter-revolutionists.
(c) The radicals.
(d) The government.

4. Of whom does Flannery become jealous?
(a) The reader.
(b) Cavedagna.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Ludmilla.

5. In "What Story Down There Awaits its End?" why does the man want to erase the world?
(a) To get revenge on a world who has banished him.
(b) To limit the view of a woman.
(c) To hide banned literature.
(d) To hide himself.

6. Why is the reader put in a prison run by revolutionaries?
(a) So he can read their literature.
(b) So he can escape.
(c) So he can be tortured.
(d) So he can be educated about the cause.

7. What is Marana's goal?
(a) To read every book.
(b) To rewrite every book.
(c) To kill Ludmilla and the reader.
(d) To create falsehoods in literature.

8. What does the man realize while making love to Miyagi in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
(a) He is in a lot of trouble.
(b) He will never succeed at his job.
(c) He will be stuck with Okeda forever.
(d) He will never advance in his studies.

9. Who prefers a novel that makes a person uneasy?
(a) Flannery.
(b) Marana.
(c) The woman on the beach.
(d) Lotaria.

10. In whom is Ludmilla currently romantically interested?
(a) Cavedagna.
(b) The reader.
(c) Irnerio.
(d) Marana.

11. How does Flannery want his readers to read?
(a) Actively.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Passively.
(d) Slowly.

12. Where does the reader find the key to Ludmilla's house?
(a) Under a plant.
(b) In the flower bed.
(c) Under a mat.
(d) In her car.

13. Which of the following do the man and Okeda discuss after he collects the items in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Sensations.
(c) Food and drink.
(d) Meditation.

14. What does Marana often do to delay his submissions?
(a) He changes publishers.
(b) He makes phone calls.
(c) He writes letters.
(d) He goes on vacation.

15. Who does the reader imagine is the woman Marana describes in his letters?
(a) Lotaria.
(b) A character from one of the novels.
(c) The bookseller.
(d) Ludmilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lotaria tell the second police officer to call her?

2. What is the name of the writer of "In a Network of Lines that Enlace"?

3. Who does Flannery mistake for somebody who wants to get to know him personally?

4. What is the name of Amarant's mother?

5. Who is the writer of "What Story Down There Awaits its End?"

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