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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the police chief, where should the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler leave right away?
(a) The library.
(b) The bus stop.
(c) The cafe.
(d) The train station.

2. Whose name is on a death sentence for treason in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Valerian.
(b) Alex.
(c) Irina.
(d) Vortus.

3. What language does Marana confess that he cannot read?
(a) Italian.
(b) Cimbrian.
(c) English.
(d) Cimmerian.

4. What are the names of the two languages with a conflict in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) French and English.
(b) Cimmerian and Cimbric.
(c) English and Cimmerian.
(d) Cimbric and Spanish.

5. What is the food described at the beginning of "Outside the Town of Malbork"?
(a) Blatjiziana.
(b) Achozoneja.
(c) Schoeblintsjia.
(d) Cordenblise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reads "Leaning from the Steep Slope" out loud?

2. According to the bookseller, who wrote "Outside the Town of Malbork"?

3. From what perspective is most of the novel written?

4. How does the author refer to the woman the reader talks to?

5. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?

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