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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. How does Zeno say he felt when he discovered that he did not have the disease he expected?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Happy.
(c) More confused than ever.
(d) Young again.

2. What effect did Zeno think his marriage had on him at first?
(a) He believed it made his cigarette cravings more intense.
(b) He felt it dampened his passions.
(c) He thought it put him on the road to perfect health.
(d) He believed it stifled his creative energy.

3. What was the state of Carla's virtue before Zeno's affair with her?
(a) She'd had one previous lover.
(b) She was a virgin.
(c) She'd been uninterested in the opposite sex.
(d) She'd been intimate with many men.

4. In Chapter 5, how did Augusta feel after hearing that Zeno had dreamed of Ada?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Secure.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

5. From which of the following people did the doctor solicit information about Guido: Carmen, Augusta, or Luciano?
(a) Augusta.
(b) None of them.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Luciano.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Zeno describes a particular dream to the doctor, the doctor says Zeno is cured. What was Zeno in the dream?

2. Whom did Augusta say Antonia resembled?

3. What does Zeno say made him work so energetically for Guido?

4. After Zeno describes a particular dream, the doctor says Zeno is cured. What did the woman in his dream look like?

5. What did Ada ask Zeno to promise before she left for the sanatorium?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zeno think his business relationship with Guido might help Augusta?

2. How did Zeno attempt to train the dog Guido brought to the office? Why?

3. Did Zeno want to go into business with Guido?

4. What kind of businessman did Guido turn out to be?

5. How does Zeno describe his home life with Augusta?

6. What excuse did Zeno invent to see Carla for the first time without Copler?

7. Why did Carla break off the affair with Zeno?

8. How and why did Zeno meet Carla?

9. Why did Zeno seem pleased about Teresina's rejection of him?

10. In Chapter 4, how does Zeno describe his feelings towards his wife?

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