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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Mary's legs during the night?
(a) They become scraped and bruised.
(b) They are cold.
(c) They become sunburnt.
(d) They are bitten by bugs.

5. What does Robert do to encourage Mary and Colin to return to the bar?
(a) He pays for their drinks.
(b) He offers to bring his wife with him next time.
(c) He invites them back the next night.
(d) He gives them a box of matches with the name and address of the bar on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary characterize her relationship with Colin as she describes it to Caroline?

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

3. What circumstance seems to set an ominous tone for the evening for Mary?

4. Where do Mary and Colin spend the night in this chapter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary begin thinking of her children in this chapter? What does she wish she had done?

2. How are Mary and Colin's views on feminism demonstrated through their reactions to a poster hanging on the wall of a Venice building?

3. What are Mary and Colin looking for as they journey through the city? Why?

4. Why does Caroline lock Mary and Colin's clothes in a cabinet?

5. What does Mary tell Colin she dreams about during their daily naps?

6. How does Caroline define being "in love" with someone? How does the definition of love differ for men and women according to Caroline?

7. Describe Mary and Colin's experience outside of the hospital.

8. How does Mary react to Colin when he wears the dressing gown? How is this different from his own reaction?

9. What does Robert offer Mary and Colin at the end of the chapter? How do they react? How does Robert counteract?

10. Who do Mary and Colin notice outside of the street side cafe? How is he the same? How is he different?

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