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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alberto Moravia's Competition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Ranocchio to start coughing up blood?
(a) He falls in the mines.
(b) Malpelo shakes him.
(c) He swallows something sharp.
(d) Malpelo hits him on the back.

2. How does Bistino feel about the Countess?
(a) He thinks she is boring.
(b) He thinks she is a fake.
(c) He thinks she is cruel.
(d) He thinks she nags.

3. Why is Malpelo's mother ashamed of him?
(a) Because people gossip about him.
(b) Because he works a poor job.
(c) Because he beats people.
(d) Because he insults her.

4. When does the stock man open the train door in "Broken Toys"?
(a) When they cross a bridge.
(b) When they come to a stop.
(c) When they depart.
(d) When they go in a tunnel.

5. When does the fabric on Professor Gori's frock-coat tear?
(a) The day before he returns to work.
(b) As soon as the clerk leaves his house.
(c) A week after he purchases it.
(d) Before he purchases it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the goal of literary "Futurists"?

2. How does Malpelo feel when he visits Ranocchio and sees his mother crying?

3. What does Torranza tell Bianca about her marriage in his urgent letter?

4. What does Hermes Torranza write in letters to Bianca?

5. Where does the Marquis live?

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