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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. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?
(a) For Alan to send to his daughter.
(b) To send to Nan.
(c) To send to clients.
(d) To send to Brenda.

2. 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) Sibilance.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

3. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
(a) Brenda, Frank, and Alan are getting older.
(b) Europe is a boring place to visit.
(c) Brenda, Frank, and Alan no longer enjoy each other's company.
(d) Europe is a snobby and elitist place.

4. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?
(a) Her handbag.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her neck.

5. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?

2. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?

3. Where is Alan's family from?

4. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?

5. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?

(see the answer key)

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