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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. How does the man feel when he realizes who his contact is?

2. Where does Zwilda stay?

3. What is the name of Ludmilla's sister?

4. What do the police tell the man to do in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?

5. In "Outside the Town of Malbork," for whom is the main character working?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is confusion a theme in the novel?

2. What foreshadows a future problem in Chapter 2?

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

4. Why does Lotaria read?

5. Describe "Outside the Town of Malbork."

6. Describe the structure of the book.

7. How is Irnerio different from Ludmilla?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do you think Calvino views his readers? What makes you believe this is so? How does he compare to Flannery in this sense?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting in the novel. Why is setting significant to the novel? How would the novel change if it had a different setting? Cite one piece of evidence from the novel.

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