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

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

3. 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) Alan's eyesight is poor.
(d) She has been out all night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?

2. After they drop Eda off, what does Alan say to Frank about the encounter?

3. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?

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

5. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Frank and Brenda fight about when it is time for her to leave Italy, and how does Alan become involved in the argument?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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