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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mary respond at first to Colin's sexual advances?
(a) She eagerly embraces them.
(b) She ignores them.
(c) She becomes enraged.
(d) She tells him to wait until after dinner.

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Mary and Colin's relationship?
(a) Routine
(b) Silent
(c) Polite
(d) Passionate

3. In Robert's opinion, what about the English language makes it beautiful?
(a) It has many unique words.
(b) It is easy to learn.
(c) It is full of misunderstandings.
(d) It sounds like singing.

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

5. Why are Mary and Colin not speaking to each other at the beginning of the novel?
(a) They have fallen out of love
(b) They rarely see eye to eye
(c) They recently fought over their vacation
(d) They can no longer remember the reason

Short Answer Questions

1. How quickly do Robert, Mary and Colin drink their first bottle of wine?

2. What landmark do Mary and Colin come upon as they are looking for the restaurant that they realize they have seen before?

3. Why does Mary believe that the feminist posters suggest rapists should be castrated?

4. What causes Mary and Colin to begin telling Robert about themselves?

5. Which of the following describes the tone of the first chapter of this novel?

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