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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Tullio have?

2. How long did Zeno listen to his friend's lecture about the Greeks and the Hebrews?

3. How does Zeno identify Giovanni Malfenti?

4. Who asked Zeno if he thought death was the end of everything?

5. What did Zeno shout in his father's ear when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Zeno's father regain consciousness and return to normal before he died?

2. How did Zeno feel he compared to his father?

3. Why didn't Zeno want his father to regain consciousness after he fell ill?

4. Why did Zeno become upset with the doctor who had the electricity machine?

5. How did Zeno behave in the company of Giovanni's daughters?

6. How does Zeno describe his future father-in-law?

7. What does Zeno write about tears and faults?

8. What did Zeno write about marriage and Mother Nature?

9. At the end of Chapter 3, how did Zeno say he felt about marrying Augusta?

10. Did Zeno tell Augusta that he loved her before they were married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Respond to Zeno's behavior of marking anniversaries and other events with L.C.

1) Does this make the anniversary or event seem less important?

2) Does it seem that Zeno makes smoking the matter of chief importance in his life?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Zeno want to possess all of Giovanni's daughters before he even meets them.

1) What does Zeno want from Giovanni's daughters?

2) Does he still want to possess Augusta even though he says she's ugly? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Zeno questions whether he is good in this book.

1) Is Zeno good?

2) What does it mean to be good or bad?

3) Can a person be all good or all bad?

4) Does Zeno ever decide whether he is good or not?

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