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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. When Billy is with Annabel, what does he say about Frederick's suicide threats?
(a) Frederick has attempted to kill himself a while back.
(b) Frederick hopes that Annabel will jump out of a window.
(c) Frederick tells Billy that he was once hospitalized for trying to kill himself.
(d) Frederick threatens to throw himself out of a window.

2. How does the doctor avoid crowds at the hospital morgue with Annabel?
(a) He takes her in by a side door.
(b) He has Frederick's body removed to a secret room.
(c) He advises her to wear a scarf over her face.
(d) He arranges for a special time to view Frederick's body.

3. Of what do the comments of the doctor's child remind Annabel?
(a) How he always laughed at her acting.
(b) How he tried to ruin her career.
(c) How Frederick always questioned her sincerity.
(d) How his friends also laughed at her.

4. How does Frederick feel about leaving Annabel?
(a) Frederick will stay until he is making more money.
(b) Frederick will stay because of the baby.
(c) Frederick will stay because she is making so much money.
(d) Frederick thinks he might leave her eventually.

5. What are Annabel's thoughts while making her movies in Rome?
(a) Annabel never wants to have an affair with Luigi.
(b) Annabel wants to win an award before she and Frederick part.
(c) Annabel is jealous of Frederick's mistress.
(d) Annabel thinks Frederick is having an affair but she doesn't care.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well does Annabel speak Italian?

2. How does Annabel feel about the baby?

3. What are the headlines Annabel thinks of when she hears of Frederick's death?

4. How does Annabel want to deal with the press?

5. Who is Gijo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship of Billy O'Brien to the Christopher family?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. Until quite recently, how would people have described Annabel's physical appearance?

6. 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?

7. Annabel made a second film and then she was to make a next film. Rumors were that Frederick was to play a leading role. What actually happened to Frederick?

8. Despite Annabel's few unsuccessful calls to some friends, Billy was the one who got did get everyone to leave Annabel's flat and end the out of control party. What did Billy say to Annabel about Frederick not showing up at the party and how did he help Annabel?

9. What was the difference between the way that Annabel and Frederick viewed acting?

10. "The House on the Piazza" did not garner great reviews for the film, but how did it help Annabel's acting career?

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