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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. Where do they say that sensational publicity stories usually start?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

2. What does Annabel say when Billy offered to get dinner after the party?
(a) She isn't hungry.
(b) She has eaten a late lucnch.
(c) She is dieting for her next picture.
(d) Her neighbors have brought food.

3. Who writes the film in which Annabel is to star?
(a) Luigi.
(b) Billy.
(c) Golly.
(d) Frederick.

4. In Chapter II, where is the Director watching the shooting of "The House on the Piazza?"
(a) Milani Fountain in the Piazza Acuta.
(b) Travolta Fountain at the Piazza Delorosa.
(c) The Bernini Fountain in the Piazza Navona.
(d) Romani Fountain in the Piazza Del Mar.

5. Who opens Annabel's door and walks in without ringing the bell?
(a) A curious neighbor.
(b) Billy.
(c) The housemaid.
(d) The Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annabel find when she goes to check the baby during the party?

2. How old is Frederick?

3. What does Francesca do in her ongoing quest to publicize Annabel?

4. Where is Annabel's baby and what is it doing right after she moves into her new flat?

5. How does Annabel feel about the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the doorbell rings in Chapter 4, someone's son, directed by a note left for him by his mother, has come to Annabel's flat. How does he greet Annabel?

2. When Frederick failed at acting, he turned to writing film scripts and had a number of small successes. What was the script that would bring fame to both of the Christophers?

3. 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?

4. Frederick was attracted to Francesca, Luigi's press secretary, but even though she shared the attraction, she was more concerned about her job. How did she continue to promote Annabel as part of a couple?

5. The doctor gives Annabel two aspirins and a glass of warmed up wine. The leading neighbors of the palazzo, at the sight of the baby in Annabel's arms, get teary at the sight of Annabel's' tears. She is crying quite hard, when the child says something about how actresses can make themselves cry. What in the child's words brings back echoes of Frederick?

6. Frederick and Anabel had a secret life in their minds, a life unknown to one another. What was this secret life?

7. 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?

8. What was Annabel's next film after "The House on the Piazza," and how was it received by the public? Also, how did it impact on the Christopher's personal lives?

9. 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?

10. Annabel had a brief affair with an American drama student who was playing a small part in one of her films. How did this affect her marriage?

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