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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. What is the name of Ludmilla's male friend?
(a) Jan.
(b) Cimmer.
(c) Irnerio.
(d) Humphrey.

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

3. Where does the reader look for answers about the story's setting in Chapter 2?
(a) A dictionary.
(b) An encyclopedia.
(c) An atlas.
(d) Google.

4. What is Galligani's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Actor.
(d) Professor.

5. What books does Lotaria like to read?
(a) Books with interesting plots.
(b) Books that clarify issues.
(c) Books that discuss current events.
(d) Books with large vocabulary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages has the reader read when the book starts over?

2. Where does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler leave his suit case overnight?

3. Whose study group is discussing "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

4. Which character in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" is described as ungrateful and terse?

5. Who made love to the man before he was killed in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who or what leads the reader down the wrong path in Chapter 3?

2. Why does Lotaria read?

3. How is confusion a theme in the novel?

4. Describe the plot of the first book the reader has, titled If On a Winter's Night a Traveler.

5. Describe the novel "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo."

6. In Chapter 4, what type of book does Ludmilla state she enjoys and why is this significant?

7. What foreshadows a future problem in Chapter 2?

8. Describe the reader's interaction with the "other reader."

9. Describe the structure of the book.

10. Why is the book titled If On a Winter's Night a Traveler in the story so vague?

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