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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is Calvino clearly against, as seen in the novel?
(a) Solving mysteries.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Reading for pleasure.
(d) Writing for pleasure.

2. According to Irnerio, where would Marana's former lover run to if he returned?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) America.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

3. From looking in Ludmilla's kitchen, what can the reader determine?
(a) Ludmilla doesn't like to clean.
(b) Ludmilla eats out a lot.
(c) Ludmilla cooks a lot.
(d) Ludmilla doesn't often have company.

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

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

6. Why can Flannery no longer read?
(a) It makes him angry because it reminds him of Marana.
(b) He lost his eyesight.
(c) He is an author.
(d) He believes it is overrated.

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

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

9. Which of the following does the girl who seems to be Lotaria tell the reader to call her?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Corinna.
(d) Christina.

10. How does the young man feel about Makiko in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
(a) The young man hates Makiko.
(b) The young man is attracted to Makiko.
(c) The young man wants to teach Makiko to read.
(d) The young man only recently met Makiko and has mixed feelings about her.

11. In "What Story Down There Awaits its End?", what is the name of the woman the main character wants to see?
(a) Franziska.
(b) Erikanska.
(c) Doniska.
(d) Mariska.

12. Who becomes obsessed with a woman that he spies on through a telescope?
(a) The reader.
(b) Flannery.
(c) Marana.
(d) Cavedagna.

13. What does the main character in "What Story Down There Awaits its End?" have to fight?
(a) The void.
(b) The Others.
(c) The past.
(d) The future.

14. Who is the Father of Stories?
(a) An English storyteller.
(b) A German storyteller.
(c) An Indian storyteller.
(d) A Russian storyteller.

15. What does Flannery find missing from his room?
(a) His personal documents.
(b) His collection of books.
(c) Pages from a manuscript.
(d) Family photographs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does OEPHLW stand for?

2. In "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon," who is the young man's teacher?

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

4. Whose reading habits do those censoring novels have most in common with?

5. Which of the following describes Ludmilla's book collection?

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