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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. How does Annabel feel when she is waiting at the airport?

2. Where does Annabel want to go, the next morning after Frederick's death?

3. What does Annabel say when Luigi asks about the note Frederick sent Marina?

4. When Annabel wants to know why her friends, her lawyer, and everyone else haven't left messages for her, what does Billy say?

5. What does Luigi say to Annabel about her next movie role?

Short Essay Questions

1. Annabel is wide awake, after her sedation, and wants to know why all her friends haven't been in touch. What has happened with all the people she knows? Is she worried that they have turned against her?

2. Marina is about to leave when Annabel calls her back. What does Annabel want?

3. When the phone rang insistently in Annabel's room, despite instructions to hold calls, Billy answered it and said the police were downstairs. What would the police want?

4. Marina comes to Annabel's hotel to talk about the note Frederick had sent her. Annabel offers to pay her bills and says that she need not come to the inquest. Had Marina made a photo-copy?

5. Annabel was at the airport, waiting for the plane to Greece. With anonymity, she had bought a ticket and prepared to board a plane. How is it possible to feel free and unfree?

6. Annabel left the flat and she went back to the hotel, along with Billy and the baby. She noticed that her suitcases were open and commented on it to Billy. He told her that it was probably the police investigating because Suicide is a criminal offense in Rome. What did Annabel say?

7. The neighbors had supported Annabel during the news conference with phrases about her courage and murmurs to the newsmen to tread with care. How had she handled the photographers with their questions?

8. Luigi came to see Annabel and he told her that she had been wonderful on television. The orgy story is killed. Everyone knows that Frederick died after being pursued by many woman. Will Annabel have Marina at the inquest?

9. Annabel lies in bed, in Chapter V, thinking about the press conference. It had gone off reasonably well for a first news break. As to how the press conference had actually gone, would it seem that Annabel had still maintained control?

10. Annabel reads the note to her and it's the same lies as to his mother. What does Annabel have to disprove?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In his note, Frederick writes to Annabel that she is a beautiful empty shell. Luigi reassures her that she is not. How does Luigi perceive Annabel? What is their ongoing relationship? He jump-started her career. How does he feel about preserving it?

Essay Topic 2

Frederick is obsessed with threatening to leave Annabel, but he doesn't leave. What is the significance of the threats? How do his threats impact on his and Annabel's lives? Could his threats be viewed as a sword over Annabel's head. Discuss.

Essay Topic 3

What exactly is meant by a public image and how is it achieved? How did having a public image affect the lives of Annabel and Frederick? Without their public images, how different do you think Annabel and Frederick's lives would have been?

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