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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. Why do Mary and Colin go to the hospital?
(a) They believe they will find Robert there.
(b) They are injured.
(c) They are hoping there is a cafeteria there that sells drinks.
(d) They both have food poisoning.

2. What does Mary liken the cafe to?
(a) A prison
(b) A dungeon
(c) A bed
(d) An oasis

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

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

5. What position did Robert's father hold in London?
(a) He was a diplomat.
(b) He was a council man.
(c) He was a business man.
(d) He was a trader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colin tell Caroline is the only downside to his and Mary's visit to Venice?

2. In Robert's opinion, what about the English language makes it beautiful?

3. Which of the following describes the tone of the first chapter of this novel?

4. Where does Caroline say that Mary and Colin's clothes are?

5. How do people react to the elderly women selling trinkets outside of the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the display in the department store window that both Mary and Colin comment on.

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

3. What information about the bar does Caroline share with Mary? How does Mary react?

4. What do Robert's sisters feed him one afternoon? Why?

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Robert take Mary and Colin to eat? Describe this setting.

10. Describe the setting of the first chapter

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