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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. Who is the author of "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Shansin Genovice.
(b) Franklin Pierce.
(c) Vortus Vijandi.
(d) Cortus Cordelius.

2. According to a man in "Outside the Town of Malbork," against whom is this group fighting?
(a) Zimmins.
(b) Ozkarts.
(c) Oscans.
(d) Markorts.

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

4. Who is the root of the problem with the books?
(a) Chavez Marana.
(b) Ermes Marana.
(c) Henry Marana.
(d) Umberto Marana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows the reader to personalize the story?

2. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?

3. According to Marana, what is the only thing that dictates which novels survive?

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

5. What is most likely inside the suitcase the man carries around?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is confusion a theme in the novel?

2. Who is Ermes Marana?

3. Describe Cimmeria.

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

5. Describe "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow."

6. Describe the plot of the first book the reader has, titled If On a Winter's Night a Traveler.

7. Describe "Outside the Town of Malbork."

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

9. Describe the reader's interaction with the "other reader."

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

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