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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. As Alan rides through the countryside outside Venice and as he walks around Padua, what seems to impress him most about Italy?
(a) Its friendliness.
(b) Its beauty.
(c) Its age.
(d) Its foreignness.

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

3. What does Frank say New York is divided into?
(a) Lawyers and clients.
(b) People on their way up and people on their way down.
(c) Haves and have-nots.
(d) People born in the city and people born elsewhere.

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

5. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
(a) Rome is where she is supposed to meet an old friend.
(b) Rome is where her mother and daughters are waiting for her.
(c) Rome is where she is thinking of moving.
(d) Rome is where her flight to New York is leaving from.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?

2. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?

3. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?

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

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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