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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 by the detail of the woman "dressed for dinner" getting out of a taxi in the morning outside Alan and Frank's hotel (39)?
(a) Italians are more relaxed about time.
(b) She has been out all night.
(c) Alan's eyesight is poor.
(d) Italy has different clothing standards.

2. When Alan and Frank miss Brenda's party, what is Alan disappointed about?
(a) He is starving and there is no food left.
(b) He was hoping to get to know some senior partners better.
(c) He missed seeing a woman he is interested in.
(d) He does not enjoy being alone with Frank and Brenda.

3. In Padua, where does Alan go for a walk by himself in the early morning?
(a) Along the river.
(b) The grounds of a church.
(c) A museum.
(d) The market.

4. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.
(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) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.

5. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?
(a) She has been coerced into sleeping with Alan.
(b) She has been abandoned in Spoleto.
(c) She has gone home to her parents.
(d) She has left Frank for Alan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?

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

3. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?

4. What does Frank like about Brenda?

5. As Alan rides through the countryside outside Venice and as he walks around Padua, what seems to impress him most about Italy?

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