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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. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?
(a) Irritated.
(b) Confused.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Pleased.

2. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
(a) Angelic.
(b) Mischievous.
(c) Pure.
(d) Radiant.

3. 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 is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.
(c) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(d) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.

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

5. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Triumphant.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?

2. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?

3. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?

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. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?

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