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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. What does Nicole consider to be her security blanket?
(a) Her children
(b) Dick's love
(c) Her money
(d) Her sister

2. Where is Dick's father's church?
(a) Albany
(b) Buffalo
(c) Scranton
(d) Poughkeepsie

3. What does Nicole give Tommy for his cough?
(a) cough syrup
(b) honey
(c) cough drops
(d) camphor rub

4. With whom does Dick spend his last days on the Riviera?
(a) Rosemary
(b) Nicole
(c) His children
(d) Tommy

5. Where do Nicole and Tommy take a drive?
(a) Nice
(b) Cannes
(c) Provence
(d) Monaco

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Dick associate with the demise of his relationship with Rosemary?

2. Who is Nicole's sister?

3. What news does Dick receive via telegram?

4. Why has Dick taken this trip?

5. Why does Nicole tell Dick that he couldn't fall in love with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the perception of homosexuality during this time?

2. What happens to Dick and Rosemary's relationship while in Naples?

3. What does Abe North's death represent for Dick?

4. How does Dick behave counter to his feelings about Nicole?

5. What happens to Dick at the end of the novel?

6. What happens to make Dick deal with his feelings for Nicole?

7. What is the state of the Divers' marriage by the end of Book 3, Chapter 11?

8. What are Nicole's perceptions of Tommy in Book 3, Chapter 6?

9. What is the symbolism of Dick's feelings for the Italians and French?

10. How does money become a factor in Dick and Nicole's marriage and affect Dick's self esteem?

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