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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 does the reader do when the book starts over?

2. According to the bookseller, who wrote "Outside the Town of Malbork"?

3. What is a theme in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

4. Who wrote "Leaning from the Steep Slope"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Ermes Marana?

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

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

7. How is Irnerio different from Ludmilla?

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

9. Describe "Outside the Town of Malbork."

10. Describe the imagery used in "Outside the Town of Malbork."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are the benefits to this book being interactive for the reader? How does the author make it interactive? Is the author effective or ineffective in making the book interactive?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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