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

2. What are some of the views from Annabel's flat?
(a) The Spire of Notre Dame.
(b) The Dome of St.Peters and Castel Sant' Angelo.
(c) The Basilica of St. Peters.
(d) The top of the Tivoli Fountain.

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 the neighbors are too noisy.
(c) She thinks Annabel should pray for Frederick's soul.
(d) She thinks a press conference so soon is uncivilized.

4. What does Annabel find when she goes to check the baby during the party?
(a) Someone has placed a brandy bottle in his crib.
(b) He begins to cry very loudly.
(c) He moves and cries out a little.
(d) Someone has turned a bright light on in the room.

5. Where is Annabel's flat located?
(a) On the first floor of a 16th century palazzo.
(b) On the top floor of an early 1900s apartment house.
(c) On the ground floor of an old chateau.
(d) On the thrid floor of an old stone house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annabel serve Billy for breakfast?

2. When Giorgio is sent out again, what is he to bring back just for Annabel?

3. How does Frederick react when Annabel decides they should have a baby?

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

5. Who does Annabel consider phoning for help to get rid of the people at the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Frederick's longtime friend, Billy O'Brien, came in and out of their lives, usually needing a loan. How did Annabel ensure that Frederick would come to Rome with her?

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. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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 was reading her new script, "The Staircase" when the bell rang. She answered the door and saw friends of Billy, or people who seemed to be his friends and who said they were there for a house warming party at seven 0'clock, according to Frederick. What did Annabel do?

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