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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Jewelry and watches.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Art.

4. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
(a) Brenda, Frank, and Alan no longer enjoy each other's company.
(b) Brenda, Frank, and Alan are getting older.
(c) Europe is a boring place to visit.
(d) Europe is a snobby and elitist place.

5. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.
(b) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?

2. As Alan rides through the countryside outside Venice and as he walks around Padua, what seems to impress him most about Italy?

3. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?

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

5. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?

2. In the story's closing paragraphs, what is Alan thinking about, and why?

3. What happens between Frank and Eda in his hotel room?

4. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?

5. When the second part of the story opens, where are Alan and Frank, and who is with them?

6. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?

7. What does the narrative imply happens between Alan and Eda on the night before the story ends, and what is Alan's reaction to it in the morning?

8. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?

9. When Frank and Alan are leaving a Spoleto restaurant with Eda between them, what does the clerk say, and what is his meaning?

10. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?

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