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

Short Answer Questions

1. What separates Ludmilla's friend from Ludmilla?

2. Where does Zwilda stay?

3. According to a man in "Outside the Town of Malbork," against whom is this group fighting?

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

5. Who agrees that the reader needs to see a publisher but does not want to go by himself/herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Calvino bring interactivity to the book?

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

4. What foreshadows a future problem in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 4, what type of book does Ludmilla state she enjoys and why is this significant?

6. Describe the line between reader and publisher in the novel.

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

8. How is Irnerio different from Ludmilla?

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

10. Who or what leads the reader down the wrong path in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lotaria's character. What motivates Lotaria? What is her purpose in the novel? Is she a protagonist or an antagonist? Why? Cite two pieces of evidence from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Ludmilla's character. What is her significance to the story and to the main character. Do you think Ludmilla is a deep or shallow character? Cite two specific pieces of evidence from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Irnerio. What is his role in the novel? At what point does he threaten to stand in the way of the reader's mission? Cite two pieces of evidence from the novel.

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