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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 position did Robert's father hold in London?
(a) He was a trader.
(b) He was a diplomat.
(c) He was a business man.
(d) He was a council man.

2. What must all visitors to the hospital have to gain entry?
(a) Italian citizenship
(b) The name of the patient they are visiting
(c) A yellow card
(d) Picture identification

3. Which of the following describes Mary and Colin's relationship at the opening of the novel?
(a) Committed, but antagonistic
(b) New and exciting
(c) Committed, but uneventful
(d) New and volatile

4. Where do Mary and Colin believe they will find an open restaurant at the end of the first chapter?
(a) On the other side of the city.
(b) No where.
(c) Near the hotel.
(d) In the hotel.

5. What does Mary realize she has forgotten to do for her children?
(a) Call them
(b) Buy them presents
(c) Send them postcards
(d) Give them money

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Colin wear a woman's dressing gown when he awakens?

2. Where is Robert's wife originally from?

3. Where does Caroline say that Mary and Colin's clothes are?

4. What does Mary spend time doing when she awakens?

5. What ritual did Robert's family perform each evening when he was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene involving the older tourists that Colin observes from his balcony. How does the version of the story Colin tells Mary differ from the actual situation?

2. What do Robert's sisters feed him one afternoon? Why?

3. Why does Caroline lock Mary and Colin's clothes in a cabinet?

4. Describe Robert's father (as Robert presents him in this chapter)

5. How does Mary and Colin's relationship with the hotel maid change over the course of their vacation?

6. How does the author initially describe Robert?

7. How does Caroline define being "in love" with someone? How does the definition of love differ for men and women according to Caroline?

8. How does Robert's father react to him soiling his study? How does this make Robert feel?

9. Describe the gallery in Robert and Caroline's apartment

10. How are Mary and Colin's views on feminism demonstrated through their reactions to a poster hanging on the wall of a Venice building?

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