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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. Why does Professor Gori find the groom's brother when he hears the wedding has been canceled?
(a) He wants to know how to console the bride.
(b) He wants to know when the wedding with take place.
(c) He wants to take them out to lunch.
(d) He wants to know the groom's name.

2. How does Nunzia try to raise her social status?
(a) By bribing the Countess.
(b) By using the Marquis' money.
(c) By using the Marquis' title.
(d) By robbing the Countess.

3. In "The Fountain of Pietrarsa," what happens while the fountain's construction is halted?
(a) The construction workers lose their jobs.
(b) They lose water from the river.
(c) The people begin to think the city is ugly.
(d) They lose funding from the government.

4. What does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" feel is wasted in the town?
(a) Natural resources.
(b) Human emotions.
(c) Brain power.
(d) Common sense.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the townspeople rush to greet Pallura?

2. What does Professor Gori do after he tells the wedding party the wedding will go as planned?

3. Where does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" run into an engineer of Pietrarsa?

4. How does the woman with the toys feel about the stocky man opening the door in "Broken Toys"?

5. How does the narrator of "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" treat the engineer of Pietrarsa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Pallura have candle wax with him in "The Idolaters"?

2. What does the woman with the toys reveal about herself when she asks questions in "Broken Toys"?

3. How does Professor Gori realize Cesara Reis's wedding has been postponed?

4. Why do the townspeople of Pietrarsa gather outside the mayor's house in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa"?

5. What is Cesara Reis's wedding like?

6. What happens when the narrator runs into the engineer in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa"?

7. In "The Idolaters," why are the townspeople so eager for Pallura to arrive?

8. Why is progress on the fountain in "The Fountain of Pietrarsa" continually stalled?

9. How does the stocky man in "Broken Toys" judge the Southern Italians?

10. What happens to the statue of San Pantaleone at the end of "The Idolaters"?

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