View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What board game is "Flavita" a Russian version of?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Risk.

2. What doctor does Ada go to visit?
(a) A gynecologist.
(b) A podiatrist.
(c) An oral surgeon.
(d) A heart specialist.

3. What activity does Marina do out on the lawn?
(a) Tries on and chooses new shoes.
(b) Sorts her library books.
(c) Has her hair styled.
(d) Cooks breakfast.

4. Where do Ada and Van go, where Van compares Ada's body to the girlish body of the past?
(a) A tumbled down tower in a meadow.
(b) A small island in Lake Ladore.
(c) A mushroom cave behind a small wood.
(d) The stables where the horses are kept.

5. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Dostoyevski.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Pushkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ada's hair like?

2. When Demon sees Ada, what about her appearance can he not bear?

3. What is the Andalusian architect Alonso supposed to design?

4. What game did Van win in a match against Pat Rishin at Chose in 1887?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marina chastise Van for, after calling him into her room?

2. How does Van feel about Marina?

3. What did Ada do when Dr. Krolik died?

4. What does Ada say lions do when they eat a person?

5. What happens in Van's stage act?

6. What does Van do, when Ada suggests he spank Lucette?

7. How does Aqua kill herself?

8. What becomes of Ada's old governess?

9. What reason does Van give Marina for leaving?

10. What does Ada have to do before she can go off and meet Van in private in Chapter 20?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 609 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample