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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 tourists.
(b) They are meant for adult women.
(c) They are meant for furnishing a home.
(d) They are meant for upper class women.

2. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) A cabaret.
(b) A museum.
(c) The ballet.
(d) The opera.

3. At what time of year are Frank and Alan in Venice?
(a) Midsummer.
(b) Late in the fall.
(c) The very beginning of fall.
(d) The very end of spring.

4. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Renault.
(c) Rolls Royce.
(d) Bentley.

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

6. How long have Frank and Alan planned to be in Europe?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 week.

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

8. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Near Padua.
(b) Near Lugano.
(c) Near Spoleto.
(d) Near Como.

9. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?
(a) Goldie's.
(b) Nicola's.
(c) Harry's.
(d) Jack's.

10. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?
(a) Taxi driver.
(b) Tour leader.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Police.

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

12. Which is the best description of the husband and wife conversation that Frank mimics?
(a) Earnest.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Playful.
(d) Banal.

13. 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)?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Personification.

14. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
(a) Rome is where her flight to New York is leaving from.
(b) Rome is where her mother and daughters are waiting for her.
(c) Rome is where she is supposed to meet an old friend.
(d) Rome is where she is thinking of moving.

15. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?
(a) The comments of the employees at the coffee place in Como.
(b) The comments of the border guards as they cross into Como.
(c) The behavior of the German hotel manager's girlfriend.
(d) The behavior of the Italian countesses in Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?

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

3. After they drop Eda off, what does Alan say to Frank about the encounter?

4. What is Alan's life being compared to in the sentence, "It seemed that his life was being clarified, the sediment was drifting down" (39)?

5. In Padua, where does Alan go for a walk by himself in the early morning?

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