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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man obsessed with in "In a Network of Lines that Intersect"?
(a) Kaleidoscopes.
(b) Books.
(c) Money.
(d) Kites.

2. How does the man in "In a Network of Lines that Intersect" conceal his true self?
(a) Concealing his images.
(b) Hiding from his family.
(c) Multiplying his images.
(d) Putting a fake persona out in the public eye.

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

4. Who summoned Marana to break off translation of a novel at a suspenseful part?
(a) Cavedagna.
(b) The wife of the American president.
(c) The inventor of Cimmerian language.
(d) The wife of the Arabian Sultan.

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

6. What do both wings of the OAP have in common?
(a) They want to obtain a publishing house.
(b) They want to destroy Marana.
(c) They want to kidnap Ludmilla.
(d) They want to get a book published.

7. What does Irnerio do with books?
(a) He reads them.
(b) He censors them.
(c) He makes things with them.
(d) He burns them.

8. Who dies in the beginning of "Around an Empty Grave"?
(a) The main character's father.
(b) The main character's grandmother.
(c) The main character's sister.
(d) The main character's mother.

9. Who once had a personal relationship with Marana, according to Irnerio?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Irnerio.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Cavedagna.

10. Snippets from whose diary are present in Chapter 8?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Flannery.
(c) The reader.
(d) Lotaria.

11. Who does the reader decide to visit to determine which book is "In a Network of Lines that Enlace"?
(a) Flannery.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Cavedagna.

12. Whose reading habits do those censoring novels have most in common with?
(a) Marana.
(b) Irnerio.
(c) Ludmilla.
(d) Lotaria.

13. What is the name of the woman being held hostage in "In a Network of Lines that Enlace"?
(a) Bernadette.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) Arnice.
(d) Janice.

14. In "In a Network of Lines that Intersect," when the man's wife saves him, what is she holding?
(a) A knife.
(b) A kaleidoscope.
(c) A gun.
(d) A bomb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flannery try to leave out of his next novel?

2. What does Marana often do to delay his submissions?

3. Who do the Wings of Shadow follow?

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

5. Who has been determined to be the subject of Marana's letters?

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