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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 does Albert receive an invitation to in Chapter 4?
(a) The Artists' Club.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A gallery opening.
(d) The Critic's Association.

2. In Chapter 6, after Albert hangs up from speaking to Margot, what does he sit and listen to?
(a) Classical music.
(b) The traffic in the street.
(c) Irma's laughing.
(d) His pounding heart.

3. How old is Elisabeth in Chapter 7?
(a) Thirty-one years old.
(b) Twenty-nine years old.
(c) Thirty-five years old.
(d) Thirty-nine years old.

4. In Chapter 5, which part of Margot's ensemble is described as 'shabby'?
(a) Her overcoat.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her hat.
(d) Her handbag.

5. What did Albert's last words to Elisabeth refer to?
(a) The postman being late.
(b) A rash on Irma's neck.
(c) Having to pick out a new set of dishes.
(d) Clothing needing to be picked up at the dry cleaners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margot ask her landlady to do at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What was Albert's condition for providing Margot with lodgings?

3. Who does Albert claim to be when he opens the flat door to Otto?

4. What does Albert think has happened when Margot fails to invite him to her new flat?

5. What does Margot press Albert about doing at the end of Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can Albert tell by watching the expression on Margot's face at the dinner party in Chapter 16?

2. Why does Margot weep after running into Axel again at the dinner party?

3. What does Margot want to buy for her trip with Albert to Solfi?

4. What does Albert notice when he returns home after spending the night with Margot in Chapter 9?

5. How does Elisabeth find out about Albert's affair?

6. Why did Albert suspect Margot was hiding in his library?

7. Why does Margot lose her self-confidence after her encounter with the Austrian man in Solfi?

8. When Margot runs into Otto and his friends , they take her into a bar. What memory does Margot recall?

9. In Chapter 10, what amazes Albert about Margot?

10. What excuse does Albert tell Paul for being locked in the bedroom?

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