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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 is the name of the country divided so much that it no longer exists?
(a) Uzzi-Tuzii.
(b) Ahti.
(c) Cimmeria.
(d) Zwilda.

2. Who wrote "Leaning from the Steep Slope"?
(a) Ukko Ahti.
(b) Umptar Orvitz.
(c) Laza Okno.
(d) Othar Zuti.

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

4. What is combined with description in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Caricatures.
(b) Beautiful imagery.
(c) Intense violence.
(d) Sexual innuendo.

5. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?
(a) Around a pond.
(b) Along the harbor.
(c) Along the lake.
(d) Along a hiking trail.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler talk?

2. Who turns out to be the contact the man is waiting for in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?

3. At whom does Irina point a revolver?

4. What does the reader exchange with the woman?

5. Where does the author assume that the reader reads the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Calvino bring interactivity to the book?

3. Describe the perspective from which the novel is narrated.

4. How is Irnerio different from Ludmilla?

5. Describe the structure of the book.

6. Describe the reader's comments on the difference between reading and hearing somebody read aloud.

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

8. Describe Cimmeria.

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

10. What foreshadows a future problem in Chapter 2?

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