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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ritual did Robert's family perform each evening when he was growing up?
(a) They sat and listened to his father read.
(b) They had vibrant dinner conversations.
(c) They kissed their father goodnight.
(d) They sat and listened to his mother read.

2. What information about Robert does Caroline share with Mary that surprises her?
(a) Robert owns the bar he took Mary and Colin to.
(b) Robert and Caroline are not married.
(c) Robert rarely invites guests to his home.
(d) Robert was adopted.

3. Where do Mary and Colin believe they will find an open restaurant at the end of the first chapter?
(a) In the hotel.
(b) On the other side of the city.
(c) Near the hotel.
(d) No where.

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

5. Where do Mary and Colin spend the night in this chapter?
(a) In their hotel room
(b) At Robert's apartment
(c) On the train
(d) On the street

6. Where do Mary and Colin meet Robert?
(a) On the streets of Venice
(b) In a bar
(c) In the lobby of their hotel
(d) On a boat

7. What does Mary notice is different about Robert from the night before?
(a) The scent of his cologne
(b) The way he interacts with Colin and her
(c) The style of his clothing
(d) His sunglasses

8. Which of the following best describes the ritual Mary and Colin both go through each evening before leaving for dinner?
(a) Selfless
(b) Destructive
(c) Loving
(d) Self indulgent

9. How does Mary characterize her relationship with Colin as she describes it to Caroline?
(a) As volatile and unstable
(b) As a trusting, loving friendship
(c) As a passionate affair
(d) As routine

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

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

12. Which of the following describes the tone of the first chapter of this novel?
(a) Ominous
(b) Optimistic
(c) Excited
(d) Dull

13. Why is Robert surprised when his father calls him and his sisters into his study one night?
(a) They are only allowed to visit the study in the mornings.
(b) They thought they had evaded punishment.
(c) He believes his sisters should be punished, but he should not.
(d) They are never allowed in there.

14. Who watches Mary as she walks through Robert's gallery?
(a) Robert's father
(b) Caroline
(c) Robert
(d) Colin

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mary recall provided her with comfort when she was a teenager?

3. What does Mary spend time doing when she awakens?

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

5. Why do Robert's sisters put him in their father's study after he has eaten sweets?

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