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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the film Annabel is making?
(a) The Light on the Plaza
(b) The House on the Piazza.
(c) The Holiday in Rome.
(d) The Last Light of Peace.

2. Who is Gijo?
(a) An American Indian.
(b) A middle aged friend of Frederick.
(c) A male Eskimo.
(d) A translator.

3. What is the image Frederick Creates for himself?
(a) Self confidence.
(b) Seriousness.
(c) Congeniality.
(d) Tolerance.

4. Who is the first character we meet as the book begins?
(a) The gardener.
(b) The Secretary.
(c) Annabel.
(d) Frederick.

5. Worried about gossip after the party ends, what does Annabel do?
(a) Annabel tries to hide liquor in the bath room but there's an unconscious man lying on the floor.
(b) Annabel carries an unopened vodka bottle from the kitchen to the bath room and pours it down the lavatory.
(c) Annabel asks a guest tohelp her dospose of some of the liquor.
(d) Annabel hides other bottles in the hall closet.

6. How disheveled is Annabel's flat after the party?
(a) There is broken glass everywhere.
(b) Someone has scribbled on the kitchen wall.
(c) Someone has been sick on the living room floor.
(d) A girl is sleeping off drugs in the bath room.

7. What family does Annabel have?
(a) Annabel has two cousins.
(b) Annabel has a mother.
(c) Annabel has a brother.
(d) Annabel has an older sister.

8. Where is Annabel's big role being filmed?
(a) Sardinia
(b) Rome.
(c) Greece.
(d) Spain.

9. How do people perceive Annabel's private life?
(a) Annabel is considered a tiger woman who lets it rip in bed.
(b) Despite her screen image, Annabel is thought to be measured and cold in private.
(c) Annabel is viewed as Frederick's wife in name only.
(d) Annabel appears to the public as a typical self-controlled Englishwoman.

10. What does Annabel say when she arrives at her flat door after she learns about Frederick's suicide?
(a) She tells her neighbors to leave their children at home.
(b) She tells the doctor she doesn't want any sedatives yet.
(c) She tells the reporters to leave.
(d) She wants her neighbors to come inside with her.

11. What happens after the party when everyone leaves and Annabel turns out the light?
(a) She runs back into the apartment.
(b) Annabel tells people without really seeing them, that they had to leave.
(c) The doorbell rings and then Billy opens the door with his key.
(d) She closes the door in Billy's face and tells him to go.

12. What does Luigi's Press Secretary do to publicize Annabel?
(a) The press secretary has an affair with Frederick.
(b) The press secretary spreads rumors about the men who admire Annabel.
(c) She keeps her affair secret from Luigi.
(d) She makes Frederick and Luigi into a famous couple.

13. What person is frequently teased as being stupid?
(a) Annabel.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Billy.
(d) Luigi.

14. What is Annabel's reason for seeing the press right away?
(a) She hates reporters and wants to get it over with.
(b) She wants to protect her public image before anything gets out.
(c) She wants to tell them a made up story.
(d) She wants to protect her baby.

15. Who does Annabel actually call for help at the party?
(a) Billy.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Dr. Tommasi.
(d) Golly.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night of the party, who is still in the flat after Annabel feeds the baby?

2. How do some critics describe "The House on the Piazza?"

3. What does Annabel say to an interviewer about scarves?

4. Who comes to the door when Giorgio goes out?

5. In Chapter I, where does everything take place?

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