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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peg say about Ulysses's looks when she sees him in Part II?
(a) He looks Irish.
(b) He looks older.
(c) He looks British.
(d) He looks Italian.

2. What does Peg say to Ulysses that she knows crosses a line?
(a) She insults his wife.
(b) She insults his war service.
(c) She insults his daughter.
(d) She insults his mother.

3. Which famous author does Evelyn tell her companion she once met in Florence in Part !?
(a) Faulkener.
(b) Hemmingway.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Forster.

4. Who is Col's daughter?
(a) Riki.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Helen.
(d) Ginny.

5. What happens to Ginny in Part I?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She is stabbed.
(c) She gets pregnant.
(d) She gets a job.

6. Who is Peg's new boyfriend in Part II?
(a) Michael.
(b) Ryan.
(c) Ted.
(d) John.

7. What does Col buy in Part I that people around him hate?
(a) A diamond ring.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A new house.
(d) An ambulance.

8. Who is Temps's new neighbor?
(a) The contessa.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Riki.
(d) Massimo.

9. Where is Peg's new lover from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

10. What does Ulysses do after the captain is killed?
(a) Prays.
(b) Picks flowers.
(c) Leaves the army abruptly.
(d) Goes quiet and does not talk about him for years.

11. What does Ginny do with her baby?
(a) Give it to Peg to raise.
(b) Give it up for adoption to people she does not know.
(c) Raise it.
(d) Give it to her neighbors to raise.

12. Who is Ulysses's wife?
(a) Helen.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Alys.
(d) Ginny.

13. Why can Pete suddenly come to visit Italy from England in Part II?
(a) Rosemary Clooney canceled.
(b) His girlfriend broke up with him.
(c) He is not sick any longer.
(d) He has come into money.

14. Who delivers the news to Ulysses about his inheritance?
(a) Michael.
(b) Mr. Burgess.
(c) John.
(d) Evelyn.

15. Who does Ulysses save in Italy?
(a) Massimo.
(b) Arturo.
(c) Ricci.
(d) Neo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Cress win?

2. Who is Col's estranged wife?

3. Who is Peg's daughter?

4. What does Ulysses say on a postcard to Peg in Part II?

5. What personal information does Massimo reveal to Temps in Part II?

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