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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 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?
(a) "They don't know what's good for them."
(b) "Let them find me, then."
(c) "Alan, we're the same, you and me."
(d) "They think they are."

2. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?
(a) It is expensive.
(b) It is dangerous.
(c) It is full of law offices.
(d) It is predominantly Italian.

3. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Nostalgic.

4. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?
(a) That he should have become a politician.
(b) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.
(c) That he has no idea how to treat women.
(d) That one day Alan will get fed up with him.

5. What is Alan's life being compared to in the sentence, "It seemed that his life was being clarified, the sediment was drifting down" (39)?
(a) A water treatment facility.
(b) A glass or chalice.
(c) A science experiment.
(d) A liquid like water or wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?

2. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?

3. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

4. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?

5. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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