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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alys go when she leaves Florence for the longer term?
(a) London.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Berlin.

2. What has always been Peg's "currency"?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her dancing.
(c) Her brains.
(d) Her house.

3. What does Alys write well in Part III?
(a) Songs.
(b) Epitaphs.
(c) Poems.
(d) Novels.

4. Who makes a globe mold for Ulysses?
(a) Des.
(b) Ryan.
(c) Henry.
(d) Michele.

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

6. Where does Alys go in secret with Romy?
(a) England.
(b) A house Romy's family has the keys to but whose owners are away.
(c) America.
(d) Spain.

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

8. What does Alys help with after the floods?
(a) Restoring the old record players.
(b) Restoring the restaurants.
(c) Restoring stained-glass windows.
(d) Restoring the art and literature of the city.

9. Who was Evelyn in a romantic relationship with for 10 years?
(a) Livia.
(b) Dotty.
(c) Helen.
(d) Gabriela.

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

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

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

13. What movie do Ulysses and Alys go to see together in Part III?
(a) The Garden.
(b) Moses.
(c) Ben Hur.
(d) La Dolce Vita.

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

15. Who does Peg list as her next of kin?
(a) Col.
(b) Pete.
(c) Alys.
(d) Ulysses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the major of Ulysses's town during the flood?

2. What movie does Ulysses go to see for his 40th birthday?

3. How does Pete leave Italy?

4. Who comes to stay with Ulysses for a while during and after the flood?

5. What is hard for Alys to understand about how her relationship with Romy ends?

(see the answer keys)

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