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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. After they drop Eda off, what does Alan say to Frank about the encounter?
2. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
3. 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)?
4. What is Alan's life being compared to in the sentence, "It seemed that his life was being clarified, the sediment was drifting down" (39)?
5. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?
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. When Frank and Alan are leaving a Spoleto restaurant with Eda between them, what does the clerk say, and what is his meaning?
4. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?
5. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?
6. 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?
7. What joke does Brenda make about Italians during the conversation about espresso?
8. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's explanation of the situation with Alan, and how does Frank treat her decision?
9. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?
10. Whom do Frank and Alan meet in Arezzo, and how do they meet her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze how material possessions are used as a symbolic motif in "American Express." Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of self-absorption in Frank's and Alan's lives. In what ways does it both help and hinder them? Do they both possess this characteristic to the same degree? Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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