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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 do Mary and Colin discover after they make love one evening?
(a) They are being watched by a stranger.
(b) They no longer love each other.
(c) All of the restaurants in the area are closed.
(d) Mary has become pregnant.

2. How does Robert react when Mary asks him how he met his wife?
(a) He describes a trip to Canada.
(b) He tells a story of love at first sight.
(c) He avoids the question by stating that he would have to describe his family first.
(d) He avoids the question by asking Mary one of his own.

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

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

5. How quickly do Robert, Mary and Colin drink their first bottle of wine?
(a) In thirty minutes
(b) In ten minutes
(c) Over the course of an hour
(d) In twenty minutes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long have Colin and Mary been together?

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

4. What position did Robert's father hold in London?

5. What ritual did Robert's family perform each evening when he was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of the smell of cologne for Robert? Why?

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

5. How does Robert's father react to him soiling his study? How does this make Robert feel?

6. Describe the scene involving the older tourists that Colin observes from his balcony. How does the version of the story Colin tells Mary differ from the actual situation?

7. Describe the gallery in Robert and Caroline's apartment

8. Describe the event that led Robert's sisters to despise him.

9. What is unusual about Robert's interactions with Mary and Colin in this chapter?

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

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