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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 does Colin say must happen before he and Mary decide if they will stay at Caroline and Robert's home for dinner?
(a) He must make a phone call to London.
(b) He and Mary must get their clothes back.
(c) He must take a shower.
(d) He and Mary must return to their hotel room to freshen up.

2. How do people react to the elderly women selling trinkets outside of the hospital?
(a) They yell at them.
(b) They offer them money.
(c) They patronize their businesses.
(d) They ignore them.

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

4. Why does Mary make the comment, "'Thank God I'm not a man'" when she, Colin and Robert enter the bar?
(a) There are only men in the bar.
(b) There are many beautiful women in the bar.
(c) There is a cover charge for men only.
(d) All of the men in the bar are drunk.

5. What question does Robert ask Mary and Colin when he first meets them?
(a) Are you tourists?
(b) Are you looking for a restaurant?
(c) Are you lost?
(d) Are you English?

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Mary and Colin leave their hotel room after making love?

2. What causes Mary and Colin to begin telling Robert about themselves?

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

4. Which of the following does NOT characterize Mary and Colin's relationship?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the notebook Mary keeps as a thirteen-year-old. Why is her mind drawn to this memory while vacationing?

6. Describe Robert's father (as Robert presents him in this chapter)

7. Describe Colin and Mary's nightly ritual (in the hotel room) before leaving for dinner

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

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

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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