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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. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?
2. What kind of coffee does Frank ask Brenda about?
3. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?
4. What has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
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)?
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. 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?
3. What happens between Frank and Eda in his hotel room?
4. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?
5. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?
6. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?
7. When Frank and Alan are leaving a Spoleto restaurant with Eda between them, what does the clerk say, and what is his meaning?
8. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?
9. What does Frank decide not to tell Alan about his conversation with Eda, and why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of references to religion in "American Express." Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that examines both the causes and consequences of Frank's restlessness. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Read some passages of Ernest Hemingway's writing and read about what critics view as the hallmarks of his style. Then, write an essay in which you compare and contrast his style with Salter's. Use quoted textual evidence from both Salter and Hemingway to support your claims, and cite sources in MLA format.
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