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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 Annabel has her second affair, what nationality is the young man?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) American.

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

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

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

5. How do some critics describe "The House on the Piazza?"
(a) A tour de force.
(b) Sparkling.
(c) Lifeless.
(d) Memorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with the doctor's outspoken daughter?

2. What is the image Frederick Creates for himself?

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

4. When Annabel Makes the film "Minerva Arrives at Platform 10," what does the public call her?

5. Worried about gossip after the party ends, what does Annabel do?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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. 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?

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

10. 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?

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