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

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

3. After Easter, what new element does Valeria notice in her relationship with Guido?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Sinfulness.
(c) Desire.
(d) Laughter.

4. What movie scene does Valeria react strongly to?
(a) A boy falling and hurting his knee.
(b) A married couple having a fight.
(c) A couple kissing on a raft.
(d) A woman arguing with her employer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valeria notice on Guido's desk when he tells her about Sandro?

2. What is Valeria's mother's attitude toward the director?

3. Why does Riccardo want to know about the family's monthly expenses?

4. What does Valeria hug for comfort after Sandro leaves her office?

5. What does Mirella say about money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara tell Valeria about Michele's film?

2. When does Valeria think her anxiety started? What does she attribute it to?

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

4. Why does Sandro say it is hard for Valeria to understand her daughter?

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

6. What does Clara, who has always said she cannot live without love, now say about it?

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

8. In his letters from Africa, what plans did Michele propose?

9. How does Mirella respond when Valeria asks her to bring Riccardo his eggs?

10. What does Valeria remember happening one night when she sat up late with Mirella when she was little?

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