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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Professor Gori play in Cesara Reis's marriage?
(a) He introduces her to the groom.
(b) He performs the wedding.
(c) He pays for the wedding.
(d) He plans the wedding.

2. Where does the Marquis live?
(a) On a farm.
(b) In a mansion.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In a country manor.

3. Why do the townspeople of Radusa consult Giacobbe about the red lights?
(a) They know he is a scientist.
(b) The mayor suggests him for the job.
(c) He offers his help for free.
(d) They think he used to be a holy man.

4. What do the people gathered around the mayor of Pietrarsa's house do?
(a) Threaten him.
(b) Try to get a signature.
(c) Charge his house.
(d) Cheer him on.

5. What does Giacobbe suggest happened to Pallura's candles?
(a) They were stolen.
(b) They melted.
(c) He sold them to someone else.
(d) There never were any candles.

6. When the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" meets the engineer, what work has been done to the fountain?
(a) It has been installed.
(b) It hasn't been started yet.
(c) It has only been planned.
(d) It is in the process of being designed.

7. When does the fabric on Professor Gori's frock-coat tear?
(a) The day before he returns to work.
(b) As soon as the clerk leaves his house.
(c) Before he purchases it.
(d) A week after he purchases it.

8. Why is Bistino initially upset when the Marquis moves in?
(a) Because the Marquis has grown angry.
(b) Because the Marquis slept late every day.
(c) Because the Marquis treats him like a servant.
(d) Because the Marquis doesn't treat him like a servant.

9. Why is Cesara Reis's wedding canceled?
(a) Her mother died.
(b) Her sister died.
(c) He brother died.
(d) Her father died.

10. How does the mayor of Pietrarsa first react to the people who resist the fountain?
(a) He has them arrested.
(b) He tries to convince them he is right.
(c) He immediately gives in to them.
(d) He ignores them.

11. How does Nunzia describe the Marquis?
(a) A wicked fool.
(b) An absurd poet.
(c) A rich idiot.
(d) An immoral slob.

12. Where does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" run into an engineer of Pietrarsa?
(a) Near Pietrarsa.
(b) Pietrarsa's town center.
(c) In Florence.
(d) Outside of Paris.

13. What is Cesara Reis doing when Professor Gori goes into her apartment?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Pacing.
(c) Kneeling.
(d) Crying.

14. How does the wedding party respond when Professor Gori says Cesara Reis's wedding will go as planned?
(a) They are outraged.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They clap and cheer.
(d) They don't believe him.

15. According to Nunzia, how did the Marquis lose his money?
(a) He was robbed.
(b) His wife spent it all.
(c) His parents took it back.
(d) He did it himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Giacobbe go through with his plan in the Mascalico church?

2. In "The Fountain of Pietrarsa," what is wrong with the town's democratic system?

3. Why does Professor Gori decide to "stand up for" Cesara Reis after her wedding is postponed?

4. Where are most of the people from on the train in "Broken Toys"?

5. How is Bistino related to the Marquis?

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