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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?
(a) To find a back way out of the house.
(b) To find a quiet place to lie down.
(c) To say goodbye to the family.
(d) To look for a restroom.

2. Who made up the games that Ana describes in Chapter 8?
(a) Ana.
(b) Van.
(c) The governess.
(d) Lucette.

3. What is the "eremitic reality or collective dream" Van discusses in his dissertation called?
(a) Alluvium.
(b) Arcadia.
(c) Terra.
(d) Elysium.

4. What does Ana raise?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Birds.
(c) Mice.
(d) Insects.

5. What does Baron d'Onsky try to buy from Demon?
(a) A deck of risque playing cards.
(b) A small sculpture of an apple.
(c) A picture of a nude woman.
(d) An engraved cigarette case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Van and Ada's first sexual encounter?

2. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?

3. What does Bout comment is covered in dust?

4. What activity does Marina do out on the lawn?

5. What doctor does Ada go to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Van feel about Marina?

2. How does Van first see Ada?

3. Where and in what circumstances do Van and Ada first have sex?

4. What causes Lucette to follow Ada and Van around in Chapter 34?

5. What becomes of Ada's old governess?

6. What does Blanche look like as she is ready to leave?

7. What happens in Van's stage act?

8. How does Van circumvent the rules about what Ada is supposed to read from the library?

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

10. How does Dick cheat at cards, and how does Van best him?

(see the answer keys)

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