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Q. What does the square of oilcloth symbolize?
The comrade's communist membership
The narrator's wartime experience
The comrade's interest in painting
Mantegna
Q. What is significant about Mantegna?
He is the most renowned Italian painter.
The comrade dislikes him.
The comrade likes him.
He is imprisoned in Switzerland.
Q. What does Italy symbolize for the comrade?
Beauty
War
Truth
Mantegna
Q. What is the comrade's "ticket" in Italy?
The square of oilcloth
The Italian paintings he bought
His copy of Marx
Spaghetti
Q. What does the comrade's dislike of Mantegna symbolize?
His loyalty to the world revolution
His love of beauty
His love of spaghetti
His difference from the narrator