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

2. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?
(a) It is full of law offices.
(b) It is expensive.
(c) It is predominantly Italian.
(d) It is dangerous.

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

4. Who is Camille?
(a) Alan's sister.
(b) Alan's wife.
(c) Alan's child.
(d) Alan's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the details of the thick towels, Biedermeier desk, and private school meant to convey?

2. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?

3. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?

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

5. What is the English translation of the word "Basta" (41)?

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