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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. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) The opera.
(b) A cabaret.
(c) A museum.
(d) The ballet.

2. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?
(a) A stain on his lapel.
(b) A beautiful Swedish woman.
(c) The overly familiar waiter.
(d) The birds outside the restaurant.

3. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Near Padua.
(b) Near Spoleto.
(c) Near Como.
(d) Near Lugano.

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "On the curtained upper floors the legs of countesses uncoiled, slithering on the sheets like a serpent" (38)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Sibilance.

5. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?
(a) Taxi driver.
(b) Tour leader.
(c) Police.
(d) Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the firm where Frank and Alan begin their legal careers?

2. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?

3. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?

4. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?

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

(see the answer key)

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