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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. For what does the author chastise the reader?

2. What is the name of Ludmilla's male friend?

3. Which sense does cutting apart pages with a paper knife occupy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ludmilla read?

2. Describe "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow."

3. Describe "Outside the Town of Malbork."

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

5. Describe the structure of the book.

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

7. Why does Lotaria read?

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

9. How is Irnerio different from Ludmilla?

10. What foreshadows a future problem in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of the reader. What motivates him to keep searching for the "right" book? Is the character particularly likable? Why or why not? What evidence in the novel makes you have an opinion of him?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance behind the novel titles creating a complete sentence? What does the sentence mean? What does the sentence ask the reader to contemplate?

Essay Topic 3

Is reading a personal experience? Why or why not? What evidence in the novel suggests that it is? Cite at least three examples.

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