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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 Annabel say to an interviewer about scarves?
(a) Annabel says that she prefers cotton scarves to any other kind.
(b) Annabel says that she likes pastel colored scarves.
(c) Annabel says that she has lost many friends.
(d) Annabel says her friends don't bring her scarves from theri holidays anymore.

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

3. What does the doctor's wife say about Annabel's wanting to speak to the press immediately?
(a) She thinks the reporters will be too much for Annabel.
(b) She thinks Annabel should pray for Frederick's soul.
(c) She thinks a press conference so soon is uncivilized.
(d) She thinks the neighbors are too noisy.

4. A few months after Frederick's death, when Annabel reflects on what has happened, what does she think?
(a) How much she has loved him.
(b) How little she has known about him.
(c) How little she has loved him.
(d) How poorly suited they have been.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annabel feel about the baby?

2. What is the image Frederick Creates for himself?

3. Who is Gijo?

4. What are some of the views from Annabel's flat?

5. How do Billy and Annabel first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. The last guest to come to Annabel's flat was Dr.Tommasi. Why was he there and how did Annabel receive the news he came to deliver?

5. In Chapter 4, the neighbors have brought in chairs for everyone to sit. How are the chairs arranged and where does Annabel sit?

6. Annabel's film company was worried about the couple's divorcing at what could be the wrong time, such as the release of a new picture. How did Annabel decide to save her marriage?

7. One afternoon as Annabel is waiting for Frederick, Billy O'Brien lets himself in with the key that Frederick had given to him. Billy is rude and arrogant and demands food, which Annabel prepares. Billy says that Frederick has threatened suicide and Annabel says he has done the same with her. Should they have taken his threats more seriously?

8. When Billy showed up unexpectedly at the party that Annabel had known nothing about, who did he bring with him?

9. 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?

10. Frederick thought his wife was superficial. He wanted to know if when she was acting she ever felt the part from deeply inside. How did Annabel respond to that?

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