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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
2. 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)?
3. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?
4. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
5. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's explanation of the situation with Alan, and how does Frank treat her decision?
2. Whom do Frank and Alan meet in Arezzo, and how do they meet her?
3. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?
4. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?
5. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?
6. In the story's closing paragraphs, what is Alan thinking about, and why?
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. When Frank and Alan are leaving a Spoleto restaurant with Eda between them, what does the clerk say, and what is his meaning?
9. When the second part of the story opens, where are Alan and Frank, and who is with them?
10. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Alan and Frank exchange a look in the hotel bar in Spoleto after Eda has refused to sleep with Alan, Alan understands Frank's intentions without discussion. "They were like thieves," the narrator comments (45). In what sense are Frank and Alan like thieves? Write an essay that considers not just this scene but the entirety of the story as you make and defend a claim about Frank's and Alan's willingness to "steal" to get what they want. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the characterization of Frank in "American Express." Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes how and why Salter adapts the third-person point of view to shift perspective from one character to another. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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