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

2. What does Frank offer Eda while they are in the car riding around Arezzo?
(a) Money.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A fancy watch.

3. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?
(a) Frank looks upset by what Eda is saying.
(b) Frank's hair is thinning.
(c) Frank's tweed jacket has a price tag on it.
(d) Frank is getting thick around his waist.

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Epistrophe.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Epizeuxis.

5. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?
(a) Her lack of education.
(b) Falling in love with the wrong people.
(c) Her upbringing.
(d) Staying in New York instead of returning to Nashville.

Short Answer Questions

1. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?

2. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?

3. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

4. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?

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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