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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 Miss Bartlett accepts the room with a view, why is the owner of the room not there to receive her acceptance?
(a) The owner of the room is at dinner.
(b) The owner of the room is taking a bath.
(c) The owner of the room has left town.
(d) The owner of the room is angry at Miss Bartlett.

2. What does Lucy witness at the Palace Signoria?
(a) A marriage proposal.
(b) A musician serenade his lover.
(c) A duel between royalty.
(d) A robbery and a stabbing.

3. In a conversation with Mr. Beebe, what does Lucy have strong feelings about?
(a) War.
(b) Proprietry.
(c) Social conventions.
(d) Music.

4. Miss Bartlett makes Lucy promise to keep the kiss a secret from whom?
(a) Mr. Emerson.
(b) Lucy's best friend.
(c) The Pension.
(d) Lucy's mother.

5. What topic causes Miss Alan to move the conversation away from the Emersons?
(a) Money.
(b) Romance.
(c) Gout.
(d) Violets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose arrival stops an argument between Cecil and Mr. Beebe?

2. Where is the setting of the second part of the novel?

3. Who confronts Phaeton after he attempts to kiss someone?

4. What is the Modern woman said to want?

5. What does Lucy say she wants at the end of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it ironic that Cecil is the one who facilitates the Emersons' move to the villa?

2. Phaeton is bribed with a coin to keep silent about Lucy and George. Why is this ironic?

3. When Mrs. Honeychurch compares Lucy to Miss Bartlett, how does Lucy respond and why? What does this comparison lead to?

4. Why is Lucy shocked to learn her kiss with George appears in Miss Lavish's novel?

5. Lucy has a nightmare in Chapter 11 and wakes up screaming. What does this symbolize?

6. When Lucy gets lost in Chapter 2, what is the end result? Why is this significant?

7. What is the significance behind Cecil reading instead of playing tennis with Lucy?

8. How does Windy Corner become so popular? What does this say about high society?

9. What do violets represent in Room with a View? Where are they mentioned prior to Chapter 6?

10. What dramatic event happens in Chapter 4? What does Lucy say to George regarding the event?

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