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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapters 28-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When writing her husband from sanatoriums, Aqua sometimes used a Russian term meaning what?
(a) Rays of hope.
(b) Bursting memories.
(c) Sickening sadness.
(d) Heart rending sounds.

2. Who is the chaperone when Van visits Ada at school?
(a) Cordula.
(b) No one.
(c) The headmistress.
(d) Marina.

3. What does Dick give Van as payment for losing the card game?
(a) A trip to Australia and Nice.
(b) A position with his father's company.
(c) Entrance into the Venus Villa Club.
(d) A subscription to the Chose Chase magazine.

4. Why does Greg come to Marina's house?
(a) To lend the governess a book.
(b) To return Marina's lighter.
(c) To take Ada to a dance.
(d) To take a horseback riding lesson.

5. Where was Van born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. On his way to catch the train to Luga, Mayne, to resume school, what excuse does Van make to stop the car to meet Ada?

2. What article does Uncle Dan try to read?

3. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?

4. What contact with Ada excites Van?

5. What is the "eremitic reality or collective dream" Van discusses in his dissertation called?

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