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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?
(a) She is ashamed of her decision to see Frank.
(b) She is in Frank's room against her will.
(c) She is not used to air conditioning.
(d) She is inexperienced and afraid.

4. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
(a) Europe is a snobby and elitist place.
(b) Brenda, Frank, and Alan no longer enjoy each other's company.
(c) Europe is a boring place to visit.
(d) Brenda, Frank, and Alan are getting older.

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)?
(a) Italians are more relaxed about time.
(b) Italy has different clothing standards.
(c) She has been out all night.
(d) Alan's eyesight is poor.

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

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

8. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.
(b) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.
(c) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(d) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.

9. 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.

10. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?
(a) American big band music.
(b) A story about the Korean War.
(c) An Italian opera.
(d) A story about the murder of a priest.

11. 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) Personification.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Metonymy.

12. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?
(a) She instantly refuses.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She threatens to call her parents.
(d) She asks Frank for money.

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

14. In Padua, where does Alan go for a walk by himself in the early morning?
(a) A museum.
(b) The grounds of a church.
(c) The market.
(d) Along the river.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?

2. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

3. What kind of coffee does Frank ask Brenda about?

4. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?

5. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?

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