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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Florence with Des in Part IV to help clean up after the flood?
(a) Peg.
(b) Ginny.
(c) Col.
(d) Pete.

2. Who does Ulysses ask to speak to Alys about romantic issues and heartbreak?
(a) Peg.
(b) Massimo.
(c) Cress.
(d) Helen.

3. What herb does Evelyn buy for Dotty?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Sage.
(c) Thyme.
(d) Basil.

4. Where are Cress and Alys during the start of the flood?
(a) Venice.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Rome.
(d) Milan.

5. Who tells Cress to tell the officer the reason he is speeding?
(a) Claude.
(b) Alys.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Col

6. Who is one of Evelyn's most affectionate students in Part III?
(a) Henry Right.
(b) Gem Gunnerslake.
(c) Richard Evans.
(d) E.M. Forster.

7. Who does Ulysses visit at the cemetery in Part III when Peg finds him there?
(a) Michele.
(b) Giulia.
(c) Arturo.
(d) Helen.

8. What movie does Ulysses go to see for his 40th birthday?
(a) Moses.
(b) Eight and a Half.
(c) Ben-Hur.
(d) Spartacus.

9. What does Ulysses create for the first time in a long time in Part III?
(a) A book.
(b) A painting.
(c) A record.
(d) A globe.

10. What does Romy's father do for a living?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Lawyer.

11. Who comforts Pete and Alys the day Bobby Kennedy is killed?
(a) Peg.
(b) Col.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Henry.

12. Who goes to find Alys himself?
(a) Cress.
(b) Col.
(c) Pete.
(d) Michele.

13. What alerts Evelyn to the fact that Darnley is dead?
(a) Ulysses's silence when she asks him about him.
(b) Ulysses's photos.
(c) Ulysses's anger.
(d) Ulysses's tears.

14. What do Dotty and Evelyn eat on their trip to Florence together after the flood?
(a) Pasta Faziole.
(b) Lasagne.
(c) Pasta Alla Gricia.
(d) Pasta Carbonara.

15. How does Peg get hurt in Part IV?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Bike accident.
(d) Swimming accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Evelyn and her old friend decide to visit in Part III?

2. What does Dotty do in Florence that she thinks is good for her soul?

3. What does Evelyn teach?

4. What does Des say he will bring to Florence?

5. Where does Alys go when she leaves Florence for the longer term?

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