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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. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?
(a) They are meant for furnishing a home.
(b) They are meant for upper class women.
(c) They are meant for tourists.
(d) They are meant for adult women.

2. 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) Litotes.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Asyndeton.

3. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?
(a) To pretend to Eda's parents that Eda has a job at the hotel.
(b) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.
(c) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.
(d) To drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.

4. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?
(a) She is angry about something.
(b) She is sexually available.
(c) She is physically attractive.
(d) She is uncomfortably warm.

5. When Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?
(a) Get married again.
(b) Pretend that your ex-husband was abusive.
(c) Move somewhere cheaper.
(d) Hire a private detective.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?

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

3. Where is Alan's family from?

4. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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