View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose study group is discussing "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

2. Which of the following makes the book seem interactive?

3. What is Uzzi-Tuzii's profession?

4. Who is Cavedagna?

5. What is similar to the reader's book and the book Uzzi-Tuzzii translates?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is confusion a theme in the novel?

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

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

4. Who is Ermes Marana?

5. In Chapter 5, what new type of book does Ludmilla claim to enjoy?

6. Why does Lotaria read?

7. Describe Cimmeria.

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

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

10. Why was "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" chastised?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the use of diction in the novel. How is word choice used effectively or ineffectively in the novel? Find at least five specific pieces of evidence to include in your essay.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of foreshadowing in the novel? What events are foreshadowed? What techniques are used to foreshadow events? What foreshadows the marriage between Ludmilla and the reader? Cite one specific example.

Essay Topic 3

What role does the second-person perspective play in the novel? How does the use of second-person perspective have an impact on the reader? What is the author able to do with the second perspective that he would not be able to do otherwise?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 634 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample