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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 has something she is afraid to tell Frank and is killing time by talking about her children.
(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 is not being honest about what great kids her daughters are.

2. Where is Eda when they first see her?
(a) Selling jewelry in the market.
(b) Working at the hotel desk.
(c) Riding in her parents' car.
(d) Coming through an arch near a church.

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

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

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

6. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?
(a) To drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.
(b) To pretend to Eda's parents that Eda has a job at the hotel.
(c) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.
(d) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.

7. What kind of coffee does Frank ask Brenda about?
(a) Americano.
(b) Latte.
(c) Cappuccino.
(d) Espresso.

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

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

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

11. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?
(a) A town.
(b) A river.
(c) A painter.
(d) A religious site.

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

13. What reason does Eda give for refusing to go to Florence with Frank and Alan?
(a) She does not know what she will tell her parents.
(b) She is not really interested in Frank.
(c) She is afraid to leave town with strangers.
(d) She has exams at school on Monday.

14. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Metonymy.

15. 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 age.
(c) Its beauty.
(d) Its friendliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?

2. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?

3. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?

4. What is the English translation of the word "Basta" (41)?

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

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