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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. In "Desire in November", what did Barbagallo get arrested for repeatedly?

2. In "Dollars and the Demimondaine", how do Emanuele and Jolanda make a living?

3. In "The Adventure of a Soldier", what is the woman's initial response to the soldier's advances?

4. In "The Adventure of a Photographer", what does Antonio take pictures of at the end of the story?

5. In "The Adventure of a Reader", where does Amedeo like to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Adventure of a Nearsighted Man", what has the man been avoiding and why?

2. In "The Adventure of a Poet", what inspires Usnelli to write poetry?

3. Explain the title of "Desire in November".

4. In "The Adventure of a Photographer", who is Bice?

5. In "The Adventure of a Reader", what does Amedeo like to do?

6. In "Transit Bed", who sleeps in the bed and why?

7. In "Dollars and the Demimondaine", how does Emanuele try to get Jolanda out of the bar?

8. In "Theft in a Pastry Shop", how do the thieves escape?

9. In "Desire in November", why is Barbagallo by the fur shop?

10. In "The Adventure of a Clerk", what is the clerk doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore and discuss the human relations exhibited in the Postwar Stories.

Essay Topic 2

Explore and discuss man's will to survive as exhibited in one or more of the Wartime Stories.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of comic relief in the stories of "Difficult Loves."

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