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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. 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.

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

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

4. 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) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.
(d) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.

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

Short Answer 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)?

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

3. At what time of year are Frank and Alan in Venice?

4. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank decide not to tell Alan about his conversation with Eda, and why?

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

3. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?

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

5. 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?

6. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's explanation of the situation with Alan, and how does Frank treat her decision?

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

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

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

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

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