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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 Giorgio's mother send him out to get?
(a) Ice bucket.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Bottle of wine.

2. What kinds of people does Billy meet in Rome?
(a) Some have jobs involving a paid-for trip to Greece.
(b) Some have jobs in an art gallery.
(c) Some are escorts to sisters who are visiting Italy.
(d) Some have jobs painting flats.

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

4. On the night of the party, who is still in the flat after Annabel feeds the baby?
(a) Billy and Kurt.
(b) Dr.Tommasi.
(c) Luigi.
(d) The Ketners.

5. What does Annabel like about her husband's hair?
(a) His hair is thich and dark.
(b) His hair is slightly crinkly and is beginning to turn grey.
(c) He has lots of it.
(d) It is very soft and straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Annabel respond to Frederick's possible time of arrival to the party ?

2. What are the seven capital sins mentioned in "The Public Image?"

3. Describe what first happens when everyone enters the flat.

4. Who is Gijo?

5. What occurs when Annabel goes to identify Frederick's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dr.Tommassi's child is very rude and not tactful. She makes some mean and penetrating comments. How does Annabel react?

2. In Chapter II, we learn that "The House on the Piazza" was the film that established Annabel's reputation. However, the film itself did not draw crowds and was considered lifeless. How did Frederick view the film?

3. Frederick, always keeping in the back of his mind the idea of leaving Annabel, had taken a mistress and in Chapter III, we learn that he is constantly going away. How is Annabel managing her private life?

4. In Chapter IV, when Annabel is taken to view the body, the doctors and nurses who escort her being to speak rapidly in Italian and she realizes they are trying to console her. How does she react?

5. After everyone left the party, the flat was in a terrible mess, and Billy asked Annabel if he wanted him to come around in the morning to help her and Frederick clean up the mess. Did that mean that Billy didn't know anything of Frederick's whereabouts?

6. Annabel was now the principal wage earner. Frederick's intellectual aspect and dignity were possible because of what Annabel earned. How did Frederick feel about this?

7. The press entered the room in a rush and surged towards Annabel in Chapter 4. She sat among her neighbors who conveyed their sense of empathy and deep feeling for her loss, as Annabel blinked away her tears and looked warmly down at her baby. How did the press approach her? Was this an event staged by Annabel to control the damage Frederick had wrought?

8. The doctor's wife is surprised that Annabel is taking her baby into the press conference. How does she interact with Annabel?

9. As more and more people came into her flat, for the party she hadn't known about, Annabel wondered what she should do. Why didn't she just send them all away?

10. Who was responsible for the transformation of Annabel and how did it come about?

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