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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Massimo tell Ulysses to wait to purchase so as not to risk making the neighbors jealous?

2. Who runs the restaurant nearby to Temps's new house?

3. What did Ulysses's father do for a living?

4. Where do Peg and Ted go on holiday in Part II?

5. What is the name of the town the bells ring from that Ulysses can hear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship does Ulysses have with his wife Peg?

2. In Part I, what does Col do when he finds out Ginny is pregnant?

3. What kind of relationship does Ulysses have with Captain Darnley?

4. What does Ulysses do when he gets home from the war?

5. Who does Ulysses often think of during his first days in Italy and why?

6. What event changes the course of Ulysses's life in Part II?

7. Who does Ulysses want to come with him to Italy, and who actually comes?

8. Why is Ulysses sometimes resentful and angry towards Peg during his first years in Italy?

9. What is really unusual about Claude?

10. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Peg's learning about what really happened to Eddie affect Peg's life after this knowledge towards the novel's end? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Winman intends to communicate to the reader in her descriptions of the great flooding of Florence and its aftermath? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think Winman wants the reader to believe or understand that Alys has forgiven Peg for abandoning her by the novel's end? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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