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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April 27 - May 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car does Sandro Cantoni drive?
(a) Osca.
(b) Fiat.
(c) Lancia.
(d) Alfa Romeo.

2. What do Michele and the children do on Sundays?
(a) Go on a long walk.
(b) Go for a picnic.
(c) Sleep in.
(d) Read the international news together.

3. What does Valeria rediscover in Michele's old letters?
(a) Her love for her husband.
(b) Her sense of peace.
(c) His complaints that she was neglectful and unloving.
(d) His dream of acting on the stage.

4. How much of a raise will Michele be getting?
(a) 800 lire a week.
(b) 80,000 lire a year.
(c) 8,000 lire a month.
(d) 18,000 lire a month.

5. Who did Michele describe as a saint?
(a) Clara.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) Valeria.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valeria do to give herself time to write her last diary entry?

2. What is the "single source of happiness" (26) which Valeria fears losing?

3. What does Michele reproach Valeria for after Clara leaves their home?

4. What, in Valeria's view, does love need to be validated by?

5. What symptom is accepted as the sign of true illness in the family?

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