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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary work for many years?
(a) In the movie industry
(b) In an art gallery
(c) In a men's theatre group
(d) In a woman's theatre group

2. Who does Robert insist on toasting to during dinner?
(a) Mary and Colin
(b) His father
(c) Caroline
(d) His new bar manager

3. What is the only piece of furniture left in Robert's gallery?
(a) The dining chairs
(b) The sideboard
(c) The portraits
(d) The dining table

4. What does Robert do at the beginning of this chapter to mark the change in his relationship with Mary and Colin?
(a) He tells Mary she must leave the apartment.
(b) He embraces them warmly as they reach the apartment.
(c) He speaks only to Colin.
(d) He steps between them on the stairs placing his hand around Colin's shoulder.

5. Why does Mary fall asleep in Caroline and Robert's apartment?
(a) She is tired from not sleeping for several days.
(b) She has sunstroke.
(c) Robert has drugged her.
(d) Caroline has drugged her.

6. What is the main topic of conversation while Robert, Caroline, Mary and Colin dine together?
(a) Caroline's injury
(b) Mary and Colin's relationship
(c) Robert's father
(d) Mary's children

7. Why does Mary repeat the story about the photograph to Colin while they are eating breakfast?
(a) She wants to see what his reaction is now that it is daylight.
(b) She is trying to get him to confront Robert.
(c) She is not sure he listened carefully when she told the story the night before.
(d) She wants to make sure he understands the gravity of the situation.

8. What does Mary see as "the most powerful single principle of organization shaping institutions and individual lives"?
(a) Feminism
(b) Society
(c) Patriarchy
(d) Sex

9. What continually interrupts Mary and Colin's conversation at the beach?
(a) The crash of the waves on the beach
(b) Sounds of noisy teenaged boys
(c) The cries of an unhappy baby
(d) Thoughts of Robert and Caroline

10. What delights Mary the most about swimming in the ocean?
(a) Its depth.
(b) Its salinity.
(c) Its spaciousness.
(d) Its warmth.

11. Which of the following is NOT an activity that Mary and Colin engage in in this chapter?
(a) Spending the day at the beach
(b) Smoking marijuana on the balcony
(c) Spending many hours in bed
(d) Having long discussions about their lives

12. How do Mary and Colin act towards one another as they approach their destination?
(a) They speak softly to each other.
(b) They do not look at one another.
(c) They begin kissing.
(d) They hold hands.

13. What is notable about the patrons of Robert's bar on this particular night?
(a) They seem angry and hostile.
(b) They react negatively to the song on the jukebox.
(c) They are much friendlier than they were previously.
(d) They watch Colin with curiosity.

14. What information causes the Italian police to become less sympathetic towards Mary?
(a) Her occupation
(b) Her feminist beliefs
(c) Her marital status
(d) Her previously knowledge of Robert and Caroline

15. What does Colin notice has changed in Robert's bar since his earlier visit?
(a) There is different music playing on the jukebox.
(b) Very little has changed.
(c) The jukebox is no longer there.
(d) The atmosphere is less smoky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mary and Colin abandon the spot they initially choose to set up on at the beach?

2. Where does Robert take Colin when he and Mary arrive at the apartment?

3. What does Mary intend to tell Colin, but does not (as she sits with his body in the morgue)?

4. Why does Colin insist on leaving the apartment with Mary?

5. Why does Mary propose amputating Colin's arms and legs?

(see the answer keys)

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