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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. After they drop Eda off, what does Alan say to Frank about the encounter?
(a) Frank's behavior is immoral.
(b) It will land them in trouble.
(c) He would like to see Eda again.
(d) Eda is a beautiful girl.

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

11. 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 German hotel manager's girlfriend.
(c) The comments of the employees at the coffee place in Como.
(d) The behavior of the Italian countesses in Venice.

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

13. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?
(a) They are meant for furnishing a home.
(b) They are meant for adult women.
(c) They are meant for tourists.
(d) They are meant for upper class women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

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

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

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

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