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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. Which of the following describes Ludmilla's book collection?

2. What does Lotaria tell the second police officer to call her?

3. Who does the reader imagine is the woman Marana describes in his letters?

4. What is the name of the version of Lotaria who has sex with the reader?

5. In Chapter 8, what type of book does Ludmilla like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ludmilla describe her relationship with Marana?

2. What do you think Calvino is trying to say about censorship?

3. Describe the story "What Story Down There Awaits Its End?"

4. How are sensations used in the story "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?

5. Why does the reader accept the assignment in Chapter 10?

6. Describe the "invisible I" character.

7. Describe the relationship Ludmilla has with Irnerio that the reader discovers in Chapter 7.

8. Describe how the ramifications of falsehoods are explored in Chapter 9.

9. What is the role of the OAP?

10. Describe the book "In a Network of Lines that Intersect."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is odd about the format in this novel? Why do you think the author chooses to include many small stories within one large story? Is this an effective storytelling method? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What role does erasure play in the novel? Which characters are a part of the theme of erasure? How does the plot deal with erasure? How is erasure portrayed? Why is erasure significant to the novel's plot and characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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