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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 does Frank like about Brenda?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her sophistication.

2. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?
(a) She is ashamed of her decision to see Frank.
(b) She is not used to air conditioning.
(c) She is in Frank's room against her will.
(d) She is inexperienced and afraid.

3. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?
(a) He pretends to know her parents.
(b) He picks up her fallen school books.
(c) He offers her sweets.
(d) He asks her for directions.

4. At what time of year are Frank and Alan in Venice?
(a) The very end of spring.
(b) Midsummer.
(c) Late in the fall.
(d) The very beginning of fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?

2. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?

3. In what way do Frank and Alan become "like the old partners" at the firm because of the Hardmann Roe case?

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. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

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