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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preamble and Chapter 1, Smoke.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Zeno want to try Dr. Muli's cure?
(a) He wants his son to find him balanced, and he's worried about Olivi leaving.
(b) He wants to please his mother.
(c) He grows tired of the electrical treatments.
(d) He wants to please his father and his wife.

2. Who is the main character of this book?
(a) Zeno.
(b) Dr. Muli.
(c) Giuseppe.
(d) Dr. Hahn.

3. Using which words does Zeno describe Giovanna?
(a) Large and overbearing.
(b) Competent and no-nonsense.
(c) Shrill and little.
(d) Mean and cold.

4. How does Zeno describe the flavor of a last cigarette?
(a) Like freedom.
(b) Heady.
(c) More poignant than others.
(d) Sweet.

5. What did Zeno tell his father he was doing with his coat?
(a) Counting buttons.
(b) Looking for loose change.
(c) Admiring the color.
(d) Brushing it off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doubt does Zeno say may have bound him to his vice?

2. How does Zeno say he felt after a session of childhood smoking?

3. How did Zeno get his first cigarette?

4. How did Zeno escape the sanatorium?

5. What does Zeno describe as his second trouble?

(see the answer key)

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