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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Menicucci's wife's talent?
(a) She is an accomplished soprano
(b) she is the perfect housekeeper
(c) she plays the flute
(d) she is an excellent cook

2. What were the merchants Peter encountered on his visit to this friend like?
(a) determined to please you
(b) unfriendly and eager to take your money
(c) staid and old-fashioned
(d) prosperous and friendly

3. What is a toilette a la Turque?
(a) a fancy turkish bathroom with a bidet
(b) a primitive restroom consisting of a hole positioned between two footrests
(c) a French restroom just like the Mayles were used to findin in England
(d) a restroom in a grand French hotel

4. How is the road to Aix characterized?
(a) It's a modern highway and a direct route.
(b) It's a narrow, corkscrew road through the mountains.
(c) It's a winding road along the sea coast.
(d) It's a country road through the farmland.

5. Because it was so still in the valley in February what did Monsieur Massot say one could hear?
(a) the flowers coming up under the snow
(b) a cat purring from a distance of 20 feet
(c) the snow falling
(d) a mouse fart

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the tile-layer?

2. What did Peter Mayle plan to buy to protect himself from unwanted guests?

3. Who shows up at the Mayles' house just as they are about to sit down to dinner?

4. Who arrived to inspect what the planting team had done?

5. What occupation does Tony, the Englishman , have?

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