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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 are the headlines Annabel thinks of when she hears of Frederick's death?
2. A few months after Frederick's death, when Annabel reflects on what has happened, what does she think?
3. What does a neighbor explain to Annabel about why her son came in late?
4. What irritates Frederick about Annabel's acting style?
5. Where do they say that sensational publicity stories usually start?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. "The House on the Piazza" did not garner great reviews for the film, but how did it help Annabel's acting career?
5. The doctor's wife is surprised that Annabel is taking her baby into the press conference. How does she interact with Annabel?
6. 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?
7. What was the difference between the way that Annabel and Frederick viewed acting?
8. When the doorbell rings in Chapter 4, someone's son, directed by a note left for him by his mother, has come to Annabel's flat. How does he greet Annabel?
9. What is the relationship of Billy O'Brien to the Christopher family?
10. Who was responsible for the transformation of Annabel and how did it come about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frederick and Annabel have a manufactured public image. Is this image perceived differently by each of them? Discuss the differences. Do they regard their public images as a good thing or not?
Essay Topic 2
When Frederick commits suicide, Annabel denies his suicide and turns it into accidental death. His motives and hers, impact on her career. As regards Annabel's actions, is this a case of the end justifying the means?
Essay Topic 3
Frederick is hostile towards Annabel and her career. Is money an underlying factor? Who is the primary wage earner? Is money ever discussed? How has money affected the way that Annabel and Frederick live?
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