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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. When Valeria asks why Sandro has not introduced Mirella to his mother, what is Mirella's explanation?
(a) It is too old-fashioned.
(b) He is an orphan.
(c) His mother is in New York.
(d) His mother does not approve of Mirella.

2. What does Valeria intend to borrow from Clara?
(a) A book.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) Some materials for Michele's writing.
(d) A hat.

3. Why does Riccardo want to know about the family's monthly expenses?
(a) He wonders if they can be more efficient.
(b) Marina has been asking him about the family.
(c) He questions whether Valeria needs to be working.
(d) He wants to figure out if he can marry before going to Buenos Aires.

4. When Valeria and Michele stay home instead of going to a movie, how does she feel when listening to Wagner?
(a) Unsettled and uncertain, unable to sit still.
(b) Despairing, unable to forgive herself.
(c) Filled with rage.
(d) Heroic and ready for rebellion or sacrifice.

5. When Riccardo says he has heard Valeria walking around late at night and asks what she has been doing, what is her excuse?
(a) Finishing the ironing.
(b) Writing in her diary.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Tidying the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mirella wear to Mass that she bought for herself?

2. Why does Valeria conclude that she cannot do anything for Riccardo?

3. What is Valeria's mother always working on?

4. When Michele is looking pale and troubled, what does he want Valeria to do?

5. On what occasion does Guido walk Valeria to church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Mirella say to Valeria about authority?

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

8. How does Valeria feel in Guido's car?

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

10. Why does Valeria not like Marina?

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