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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. According to Irnerio, where would Marana's former lover run to if he returned?
2. In "What Story Down There Awaits its End?", what is the name of the woman the main character wants to see?
3. In "What Story Down There Awaits its End?", where are the agents from who give the main character information?
4. What does OEPHLW stand for?
5. What is the name of the woman being held hostage in "In a Network of Lines that Enlace"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the reader arrested? Who holds him and why?
2. Describe the shift in perspective that occurs in Chapter 7 and why the author included this.
3. Describe the relationship Ludmilla has with Irnerio that the reader discovers in Chapter 7.
4. Describe the way information is given to the reader in Chapter 6.
5. Describe how the ramifications of falsehoods are explored in Chapter 9.
6. Describe the book "In a Network of Lines that Intersect."
7. What is the role of the OAP?
8. How are sensations used in the story "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
9. Why do scientists have a woman strapped to a chair reading, according to Marana?
10. Why does the reader accept the assignment in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Marana and Flannery. How are these two characters similar and different? How do they have different but similar goals? How are both reflections of the author, Calvino?
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
Choose one of the books named described in the novel and analyze it. What motivates the characters in this story? What role does diction play? What's more important - plot or characterization? To whose tastes does this book cater?
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