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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) The overly familiar waiter.
(b) The birds outside the restaurant.
(c) A beautiful Swedish woman.
(d) A stain on his lapel.

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

3. 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 is a lawyer even in his personal life.
(c) That he has no idea how to treat women.
(d) That he should have become a politician.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 science experiment.
(c) A water treatment facility.
(d) A liquid like water or wine.

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 age.
(b) Its friendliness.
(c) Its foreignness.
(d) Its beauty.

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

14. 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 has exams at school on Monday.
(c) She is not really interested in Frank.
(d) She is afraid to leave town with strangers.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

3. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?

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

5. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?

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