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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. Where is the reader when his book his confiscated?

2. Who do the Wings of Shadow follow?

3. Who becomes obsessed with a woman that he spies on through a telescope?

4. Snippets from whose diary are present in Chapter 8?

5. What does Marana often do to delay his submissions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the story in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon."

3. Why does Marana seem like a strange character?

4. How does Flannery view his readers?

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

6. Describe the "invisible I" character.

7. Describe "In a Network of Lines that Enlace."

8. Why is the reader arrested? Who holds him and why?

9. Why does Ludmilla regret meeting Flannery?

10. Why does Lotaria say that all things are fake?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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