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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 does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?
(a) To send to clients.
(b) To send to Nan.
(c) For Alan to send to his daughter.
(d) To send to Brenda.

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

3. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?
(a) About 2 years.
(b) About 6 years.
(c) About 4 years.
(d) About 8 years.

4. What is Alan's family's religious background?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Catholic.

5. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.
(b) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.
(c) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(d) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?

2. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "funny" in "In those days they were living in apartments with funny furniture" (25)?

3. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?

5. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?

(see the answer key)

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