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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 is the difference between Mariano and Vittoria, according to Nella?
(a) Mariano has a job and Vittoria does not.
(b) Mariano is a civilized person and Vittoria is not.
(c) Mariano is Italian and Vittoria is not.
(d) Mariano is honest and Vittoria is not.

2. What does Ida want to read to Giovanna in Part IV?
(a) Some novellas.
(b) Some of her own poems.
(c) Some love letters.
(d) The Gospels.

3. What was the one thing Giovanna's parents agreed upon during their marital strife in Part III?
(a) Giovanna should start calling Mariano father.
(b) Giovanna should never see Costanza again.
(c) Giovanna should not go to college.
(d) Giovanna should never see Vittoria again.

4. Why does Giovanna think she was able to remove herself from her parents' suffering in Part III?
(a) Her obsessive brooding.
(b) Her boyfriends' support.
(c) Her friends' support.
(d) Her finding religion.

5. What kind of ugliness does Giovanna think Vittoria might have?
(a) The ugliness of sin.
(b) The ugliness of resentment.
(c) The ugliness of banality.
(d) The ugliness of ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Corrado say Rosario will do to Roberto if he starts thinking Giovanna likes Roberto?

2. Where do Tonino and Angela often go for walks together?

3. What sinister word does Giovanna use to think about how the Lord treats humans?

4. What does Giovanna tell Andrea about her opinion on the Gospels?

5. How long does it take Giovanna's parents to decide to fully separate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Giovanna hurt Silvestro in Part IV?

2. How does Giovanna feel about Roberto after she hears him speak in Part III?

3. What does Giovanna think about Andrea's handling of her school principal?

4. Why is Giovanna so upset that Nella is going to see Mariano again in Part IV?

5. Who does Vittoria tell Giovanna she should come to hear speak in her church in Part III?

6. How does Andrea react to the knowledge that Giovanna is friends with Roberto Matese?

7. What does Giovanna say to Don Giacomo in Part IV that he does not hear because she says it too softly?

8. In Part III, what does Giovanna tell Angela and Ida about her love life?

9. Why does Giovanna get so upset and turn pale in Part III at her father's new house with Costanza?

10. Why is Vittoria proud of Giovanna in Part IV?

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