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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Robert's mother leave a glass of water in his room at night?
(a) She feels it is her duty to serve Robert.
(b) She knows he needs an excuse to call her into his room when he has a nightmare.
(c) She is afraid he will spill it which will cause his father to punish him.
(d) His father forbids him to have water during the night.

2. Where does Caroline say that Mary and Colin's clothes are?
(a) They are in the washing machine.
(b) They have been sent out to a laundry service.
(c) She has put them in a locked cabinet in the bathroom.
(d) She has discarded them.

3. What does Colin tell Caroline is the only downside to his and Mary's visit to Venice?
(a) They keep getting lost.
(b) They cannot find a restaurant they enjoy eating at.
(c) They find the weather oppressive.
(d) They do not enjoy the hotel they are staying in.

4. Why do Mary and Colin leave their hotel room after making love?
(a) They are going to a bar.
(b) They must head home after their vacation.
(c) They are planning on moving to another hotel.
(d) They are convinced they can find an open restaurant for dinner.

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

6. How long have Colin and Mary been together?
(a) 7 months
(b) 7 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 5 years

7. Why does Mary believe that the feminist posters suggest rapists should be castrated?
(a) To discourage crime
(b) To make the public take feminists less seriously
(c) To prevent rapists from becoming repeat offenders
(d) To make people see rape as a serious crime

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

9. What often happens to Mary and Colin when they are sightseeing or shopping?
(a) They decide to go in separate directions.
(b) They spend too much money.
(c) They become lost.
(d) They quarrel.

10. Where do Mary and Colin awaken at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) On the streets of Venice
(b) In their hotel room
(c) In a bedroom at Robert's home
(d) In the hospital

11. Which of the following best describes Caroline as she is presented in this chapter?
(a) Polite, but elusive
(b) Kind and generous
(c) Aggressive and secretive
(d) Friendly, but quiet

12. Which of the following is NOT an item in Robert's gallery?
(a) A large dining table
(b) Straight razors and a shaving bowl
(c) Portraits
(d) A statue of his father

13. Who does Mary tell Colin they should have brought with them on vacation?
(a) Robert
(b) Her ex-husband
(c) Her children
(d) His children

14. What do Robert's sisters tell him he must have before eating sweets?
(a) Lemonade
(b) A glass of milk
(c) Dinner
(d) Castor oil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Robert's opinion, what about the English language makes it beautiful?

2. Which of the following is NOT a unique characteristic of the bar Robert takes Mary and Colin to?

3. What are Mary and Colin searching for in the morning?

4. How do people react to the elderly women selling trinkets outside of the hospital?

5. What does Caroline confess to Mary?

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