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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?
(a) A beautiful Swedish woman.
(b) The birds outside the restaurant.
(c) A stain on his lapel.
(d) The overly familiar waiter.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?
(a) Brenda is not being honest about what great kids her daughters are.
(b) Brenda is no longer interested in her children--they are part of a past she wants to leave behind.
(c) Brenda was just using the discussion of her children to introduce her real objective.
(d) Brenda has something she is afraid to tell Frank and is killing time by talking about her children.

8. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
(a) Pure.
(b) Radiant.
(c) Mischievous.
(d) Angelic.

9. What does Eda's father do for a living?
(a) Restore furniture.
(b) Raise chickens.
(c) Sell cars.
(d) Masonry.

10. 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 inexperienced and afraid.
(d) She is not used to air conditioning.

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Metonymy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?

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

3. 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)?

4. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?

5. Where is Eda when they first see her?

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