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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Annabel do to keep Frederick with her while she makes more films in Italy?
2. What does Annabel serve Billy for breakfast?
3. How does Annabel behave towards the doctor's child?
4. What are the headlines Annabel thinks of when she hears of Frederick's death?
5. When Annabel's door bell rings while she is sitting and waiting for the press, who comes in?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. The doctor's wife is surprised that Annabel is taking her baby into the press conference. How does she interact with Annabel?
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. 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?
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. 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?
7. 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?
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. Who was responsible for the transformation of Annabel and how did it come about?
10. Annabel was now the principal wage earner. Frederick's intellectual aspect and dignity were possible because of what Annabel earned. How did Frederick feel about this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
We are surprised sometimes when we least expect it, that people come forward and do the right thing. Marina, Frederick's mistress, hands a note from Frederick over to Annabel. How different are these two women who once loved Frederick? Do they understand one another? Is this truly an act of kindness?
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Essay Topic 2
Annabel is characterized by Frederick as superficial and shallow. On what does he base those characterizations? Is his opinion supported by others? Do Annabel's actions support such characterizations?
Essay Topic 3
Frederick's party, planned to take place at the time of his self destruction, is mind boggling. Discuss Frederick's personality and his state of mind. Was he crazy or totally self absorbed?
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