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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is Calvino clearly against, as seen in the novel?
(a) Reading for pleasure.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Solving mysteries.
(d) Writing for pleasure.

2. Who started the OAP?
(a) Cavedagna.
(b) Flannery.
(c) Marana.
(d) Ludmilla.

3. Whose reading habits do those censoring novels have most in common with?
(a) Lotaria.
(b) Marana.
(c) Irnerio.
(d) Ludmilla.

4. Who are the people who have developed a system to write novels with less effort?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The French.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The English.

5. What does Flannery find missing from his room?
(a) Pages from a manuscript.
(b) Family photographs.
(c) His collection of books.
(d) His personal documents.

6. To what does Flannery compare a reader?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A wild animal.
(c) A zombie.
(d) Frankenstein.

7. Against whom does the main character in "Around an Empty Grave" prepare to defend himself?
(a) Oqiedal.
(b) Anacleta.
(c) Dona Jazmina.
(d) Faustino.

8. Which of the following does the girl who seems to be Lotaria tell the reader to call her?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Kirsten.
(c) Christina.
(d) Mary Anne.

9. Which of the following do the man and Okeda discuss after he collects the items in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Food and drink.
(d) Sensations.

10. Who does the reader imagine is the woman Marana describes in his letters?
(a) A character from one of the novels.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) The bookseller.
(d) Ludmilla.

11. Where has "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon" been banned?
(a) New York.
(b) Ataguitania.
(c) Cimmeria.
(d) On public transportation.

12. In "In a Network of Lines that Enlace," about what is the man anxious?
(a) Typewriters.
(b) Telephones.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Computers.

13. What type of company did the man in "In a Network of Lines that Intersect" found?
(a) Childcare.
(b) Protection against identity theft.
(c) Protection against kidnapping.
(d) Restaurant.

14. What does Irnerio do with books?
(a) He makes things with them.
(b) He burns them.
(c) He censors them.
(d) He reads them.

15. What transition does the reader take in Chapter 10?
(a) Innocent to double agent.
(b) Man in love to man with hatred.
(c) Problem solver to bystander.
(d) Angry to content.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once had a personal relationship with Marana, according to Irnerio?

2. Where is the woman from that is held in a chair, forced to read?

3. What does OEPHLW stand for?

4. Which character regrets meeting Flannery?

5. How does the young man feel about Makiko in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?

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