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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?
(a) The legal profession in general.
(b) Frank and Alan's relationship.
(c) The Hardmann Roe case.
(d) Life in New York City.

2. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?
(a) The furniture gives people a strange feeling.
(b) The furniture is of poor quality.
(c) The furniture is likely stolen.
(d) The furniture is amusing.

3. What does Eda's father do for a living?
(a) Raise chickens.
(b) Masonry.
(c) Restore furniture.
(d) Sell cars.

4. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
(a) Jewelry and watches.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Art.
(d) Real estate.

5. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Epistrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?

2. What is implied by the detail of the woman "dressed for dinner" getting out of a taxi in the morning outside Alan and Frank's hotel (39)?

3. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

4. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?

5. At what time of year are Frank and Alan in Venice?

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