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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Valeria study?
(a) Forensic medicine.
(b) Literature, music, and art history.
(c) Culinary arts.
(d) Domestic economics.

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

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

4. What does Valeria whisper to herself as she walks home after talking with the director?
(a) Guido.
(b) Spring.
(c) Michele.
(d) Venice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Michele and Riccardo study together at night?

2. What does Clara offer Valeria after lunch?

3. After Easter, what new element does Valeria notice in her relationship with Guido?

4. On the day that convinces Valeria that the director loves her, what does he leave on her desk?

5. What does Valeria rediscover in Michele's old letters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal checks does the director ask Valeria to deal with, and how does she react?

2. Describe Guido and Valeria's walk to San Carlo church.

3. Why, thinks Valeria, can Michele not really see her anymore?

4. When the children's friends visit, how do they respond to Valeria?

5. How does Valeria's mother behave at the Easter lunch?

6. What does Valeria say when Michele expresses worry that the threat of war will make the movie producers afraid?

7. What does Clara say about working women?

8. Why does Mirella say she would like to hear that Valeria enjoys her work?

9. What does Guido tell Valeria he has been afraid of?

10. What is the film about, that Michele and Valeria see together?

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