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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mirella feel when she hears her name at the law office?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Embarrassed.

2. What is the view from Clara's terrace?
(a) Boats in the harbour.
(b) Fields, pines, and white houses.
(c) A city park.
(d) A street full of restaurants.

3. What is Clara helping the Cossatis with?
(a) Valeria's plan to go to Venice with the director.
(b) Mirella's engagement.
(c) Valeria's marriage.
(d) Michele's film script.

4. What picture did Valeria have of Sandro prior to meeting him?
(a) Serene confidence.
(b) Predatory.
(c) Cynical, perhaps arrogant.
(d) Polite firmness.

5. What is the name of Valeria's aunt?
(a) Matilde.
(b) Giuliana.
(c) Sabrina.
(d) Giovanni.

6. What does Mirella show Valeria, when she calls her mother to her room?
(a) An envelope of bills.
(b) Her diary.
(c) A letter from Sandro.
(d) The book she is studying.

7. What did Valeria's father do when he heard there would be war?
(a) Cleaned his revolver.
(b) Drank in celebration.
(c) Rushed into town to enlist.
(d) Talked angrily about the government.

8. Who does Valeria urge to advise Mirella on her relationship with Sandro?
(a) Guido.
(b) Riccardo.
(c) Clara.
(d) Sabina.

9. What does Riccardo say at dinner that starts an argument with Mirella?
(a) There can be no friendship between a man and a woman.
(b) Women should not go to the movies alone.
(c) Women cannot understand finances.
(d) Women should not work in offices.

10. What did Guido send Valeria the previous Easter?
(a) A card.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A basket of roses.
(d) A chocolate egg.

11. What does Sandro tell Valeria that he possesses?
(a) Time.
(b) Money.
(c) Words.
(d) Wisdom.

12. Whose large picture is on Valeria's bedroom wall?
(a) The pope.
(b) Valeria and Michele.
(c) Her mother-in-law.
(d) Mirella.

13. What does Valeria's mother blame her family's misfortunes on?
(a) Her husband's laziness.
(b) The changing times.
(c) The war.
(d) Being robbed by Bertolotti, the estate manager.

14. Where did Sandro first meet his wife?
(a) Venice.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Rome.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mirella say about money?

2. What smell does Guido bring into the office with him?

3. What does Michele do when Valeria kisses him on the lips?

4. What does Valeria intend to borrow from Clara?

5. When Mirella and Riccardo argue, why does Valeria want to hit Mirella?

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