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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 did the doctor think about Zeno's relationship with Guido?

2. How does Zeno say he felt when he discovered that he did not have the disease he expected?

3. What did the doctor say about Zeno seeing colors?

4. Who asked Zeno to join him in business?

5. In one of his memories, Zeno's father raises his leg to kick him. What or whom did Zeno kick when no one was looking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, was Zeno still in love with Ada?

3. Why did Zeno visit Dr. Paoli?

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

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

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

7. What were some of the reasons Zeno went into business with Guido?

8. What effect did World War I have on Zeno's business ability?

9. Why did Zeno flirt with Teresina?

10. How did Ada react when Carmen joined the staff in Guido's office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zeno seems to use his addiction to smoking as an excuse for various types of troubling behavior. Examine this behavior.

1) Does his smoking really cause his problems?

2) Does he enjoy having an excuse not to excel?

Essay Topic 2

Zeno describes a situation in which his father raised his leg to kick him.

1) How do you think this colored his relationship with his father?

2) Do you think Zeno felt in competition with his father?

3) Is this related to Zeno kicking Guido's dog? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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