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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. Who does Evelyn meet by chance in Florence?
(a) Cress.
(b) Alys.
(c) Col.
(d) Peg.

2. What did Evelyn's father do for a living?
(a) Paint.
(b) Practice medicine.
(c) Practice law.
(d) Practice accounting.

3. What business do Cress and Ulysses start in Italy?
(a) A pensione.
(b) A phone shop.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A record shop.

4. Who comes to stay with Ulysses for a while during and after the flood?
(a) Helen.
(b) Contessa.
(c) Giulia.
(d) Massimo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What statue does Claude like to sit on?

2. Who does Cress bet with on his bet in Part IV?

3. Who does Ulysses ask to speak to Alys about romantic issues and heartbreak?

4. Who is Alys's first love?

5. Where does Col bring Peg after she is released from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evelyn tell Dotty she had a special connection with Ulysses?

2. Who does Alys end up meeting by chance in the train station in Florence who is connected to Evelyn?

3. What gives Cress's life new vitality and meaning in Part III?

4. How does Ulysses get new molds make for his work?

5. Who does Evelyn briefly meet in Florence?

6. What work does Ulysses set up shop doing in Italy?

7. What happens in Florence in Part IV that changes life there forever?

8. How do Peg, Cress, Col, Pete, and Ulysses come into money again?

9. What does Ulysses lose in the flood?

10. What does Des bring when he comes to Florence in Part IV?

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