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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Mary about the women of Venice?
(a) Their radical, organized form of feminism
(b) Their complacency
(c) Their subtle feminist beliefs
(d) Their commitment to the native culture of the area

2. Which of the following is NOT a unique characteristic of the bar Robert takes Mary and Colin to?
(a) The people there are unusually friendly.
(b) There is no food available there.
(c) There are only men in the bar.
(d) The same song plays over and over on the jukebox.

3. What is Robert's opinion of Italian feminists?
(a) They are too radical.
(b) They are more sympathetic than English feminists.
(c) They want to destroy relationships between men and women.
(d) They are too beautiful to love.

4. What do Mary and Colin notice about Robert's appearance once they have been in the bar for some time?
(a) He looks younger than he did in the street.
(b) He looks very effeminate.
(c) He looks like Colin.
(d) He looks older than he did in the street.

5. Why do Robert's sisters put him in their father's study after he has eaten sweets?
(a) They want their father to see him with chocolate on his mouth and hands.
(b) They do not want to get in trouble for feeding him sweets.
(c) They know their father will punish him for being in there.
(d) They know he will have diarrhea in there and will damage the sacred room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Robert's father beat him for three nights in a row?

2. What do Mary and Colin both notice in a store window?

3. What do Mary and Colin discover after they make love one evening?

4. Why do Mary and Colin leave their hotel room after making love?

5. How does Robert react when Mary asks him how he met his wife?

(see the answer key)

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