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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mary and Colin both notice in a store window?
(a) Silk pajamas
(b) A feminist poster
(c) A unique bed
(d) Mannequins

2. What does Mary recall provided her with comfort when she was a teenager?
(a) Her list of suggestions for self-improvement.
(b) Her family.
(c) Colin
(d) Her diary.

3. Where is Robert's wife originally from?
(a) Paris
(b) Canada
(c) London
(d) The United States

4. What landmark do Mary and Colin come upon as they are looking for the restaurant that they realize they have seen before?
(a) A department store
(b) A statue
(c) A feminist poster
(d) A glass factory

5. What circumstance seems to set an ominous tone for the evening for Mary?
(a) The lateness of their leaving the hotel.
(b) The ambivalence she feels towards Colin.
(c) The uneventful nature of their love making.
(d) The argument that they had earlier in the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the ritual Mary and Colin both go through each evening before leaving for dinner?

2. Why are Mary and Colin not speaking to each other at the beginning of the novel?

3. What topic most often consumes Mary's dreams while on vacation?

4. What is Robert's opinion of Italian feminists?

5. What does Mary note about the water in Venice?

(see the answer key)

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