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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the bookseller warn the reader about the next book he's given?
(a) That it will suck him in.
(b) That it might have a defect.
(c) That it isn't a good book.
(d) That somebody else may ask him for his copy.

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

3. Who agrees that the reader needs to see a publisher but does not want to go by himself/herself?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Alex.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Uzzi-Tuzii.

4. What must a book have for Lotaria to enjoy it?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Plot.
(c) Setting.
(d) Characters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two languages with a conflict in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

2. Who enjoys reading books without underlying meanings?

3. Why is "Leaning from the Steep Slope" unfinished?

4. Which character in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" mentions that another sack is needed?

5. What is a theme in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the reader and Ludmilla agree upon in Chapter 4?

2. Describe Cimmeria.

3. Describe the narrator of "Leaning from the Steep Slope."

4. How does Calvino bring interactivity to the book?

5. How is Cavedagna symbolic of the author of the novel, Calvino.

6. Describe the novel "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo."

7. For what does the reader continue to search after finding a problem with his second book?

8. Why does Ludmilla read?

9. What is apparent about the organization the man works for in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?

10. Describe the structure of the book.

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