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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Margot listen during brief moments of silence?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her mother's voice.
(c) Her father's cries.
(d) Poetry.

2. Why does Margot almost miss the train as it is leaving a scheduled stop?
(a) She is detained by a policeman.
(b) She is detained by her former college acquaintance.
(c) She disembarks to purchase souvenirs.
(d) She disembarks to purchase food.

3. What is neither great nor terrible that Margot experiences?
(a) Being lovers with Professor Chapin.
(b) The work she does translating.
(c) The drawings she makes of several pictures in the Louvre.
(d) The drawings she makes of the canal system in Venice.

4. About what was Abbott Remo worried after the flood?
(a) The mold and mildew.
(b) The frescoes.
(c) Cholera.
(d) The lack of clean water.

5. What does Margot think she and the sisters will need in the library?
(a) A scaffold.
(b) A computer.
(c) A scanner.
(d) A man for lifting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Margot's mother ecstatic after Margot's visit to Villa I Tatti?

2. What does the train conductor tell Margot a bit later?

3. Of what does Margot give a brief history?

4. What does Margot come to appreciate?

5. What is one thing Margot learns about the Catholic Church?

(see the answer key)

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