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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. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.
(b) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(c) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.
(d) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.

2. 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 has no idea how to treat women.
(c) That one day Alan will get fed up with him.
(d) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.

3. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
(a) Part of their law practice.
(b) Their dog.
(c) Their child.
(d) The apartment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?

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

3. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?

4. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?

5. Who is Camille?

(see the answer key)

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