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

2. How does Robert react when he realizes Mary and Colin slept on the street the night before?
(a) He laughs at their stupidity.
(b) He encourages them to carry a map with them at all times.
(c) He claims it was his fault.
(d) He chastises them for their unsafe behavior.

3. Who is the only person who is kind to Robert after the incident in the study?
(a) His mother
(b) His father
(c) The maid
(d) Maria

4. What sound awakens Mary and Colin each afternoon?
(a) Tools clanking on barges
(b) Chirping birds
(c) The motor of the hotel pontoon
(d) The voices of sailors

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the waiter react when Mary and Colin order water and coffee?

2. Why do Mary and Colin go to the hospital?

3. How does Colin respond to Robert's stories about his family and his wife?

4. Who do Mary and Colin meet while at the cafe?

5. Why does Robert's father beat him for three nights in a row?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mary notice about Colin's body as he lays sleeping in Robert and Caroline's apartment?

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

7. How is Mary's reaction to Robert different from Colin's?

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

9. Describe Robert's father (as Robert presents him 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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