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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the English translation of the word "Basta" (41)?
(a) Enough.
(b) More.
(c) Later.
(d) Please.

9. 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 has no idea how to treat women.
(d) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.

10. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?
(a) She has been abandoned in Spoleto.
(b) She has left Frank for Alan.
(c) She has gone home to her parents.
(d) She has been coerced into sleeping with Alan.

11. 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)?
(a) A glass or chalice.
(b) A liquid like water or wine.
(c) A science experiment.
(d) A water treatment facility.

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

13. 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 behavior of the Italian countesses in Venice.
(c) The behavior of the German hotel manager's girlfriend.
(d) The comments of the border guards as they cross into Como.

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

15. 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 drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.
(c) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.
(d) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?

4. What reason does Eda give for refusing to go to Florence with Frank and Alan?

5. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?

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