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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. What did Van think was in the secret drawer in the secretaire at Ardis Hall?
(a) Ada and Lucette's grandmother's love letters.
(b) Ada and Lucette's grandfather's pistol.
(c) Ada and Lucette's great-uncle's cigars.
(d) Ada and Lucette's secret diaries.

2. What did the artillery officer played by Kim Eskimossoff do for comic effect?
(a) Shot a gun.
(b) Juggled objects.
(c) Tap-danced.
(d) Took photographs.

3. Where does Van track down Rack?
(a) Van finds Rack at his music shop.
(b) Rack is in the hospital where Van is sent.
(c) Rack is at his children's school when Van finds him.
(d) Van tracks down Rack at a hotel, where he is with a lover.

4. What does Van see in Lucette's handbag?
(a) A yellow laquered mirror.
(b) A green handkerchief.
(c) A blue envelope.
(d) A red jewel box.

5. When Demon is sixty, how old is his Spanish lover?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the research assistant leave near Muldoon that reveals the blind man perceives colors?

2. What does Ada suggest that she and Van should do in a few days, after she finishes her business in Geneva?

3. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Van's books?

4. What does Van not bother to put on before heading out to meet Ada?

5. What does Van term the act of pausing and sending the mind slightly backwards, to examine the moment of the present?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Van make up to have time alone with Ada?

2. What is Van's opinion of acting?

3. What does Van do after leaving Demon?

4. What metaphor does Van use for trying to understand time?

5. What is Cordula's conversation like?

6. How does Van remember his three farewell lectures on Bergson's Time?

7. In Marina's last days, why is Van planning a trip to America?

8. How does Van characterize to Greg his relationship with Ada?

9. What does Ada's letter say she will do if Van doesn't allow her to come live with him?

10. How did Percy de Prey die?

(see the answer keys)

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