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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Margot think of the next morning as she is walking?
(a) Her mother and her walking in the same area when Margot is younger.
(b) The stranger who offers to buy her a drink.
(c) The convent where she almost becomes a nun.
(d) The young man on the train.

2. Who is Professor Eugene Chapin?
(a) A professor at Harvard when Margot attended as an undergrad.
(b) A professor at Oxford when Margot attended as an undergrad.
(c) Margot's uncle.
(d) The man for whom Margot is to translate.

3. Whose actions are not as impressive as his talk?
(a) Margeaux.
(b) Margot's.
(c) Professor Chapin.
(d) Sister Margaret.

4. Why is Margot flying to Italy?
(a) To meet her father.
(b) To help repair old books.
(c) To write her dissertation about Botticelli.
(d) To meet her fiance and live in Venice for a month.

5. What does the conductor reveal to the two women in Margot's compartment?
(a) That Margot is meeting her father in Italy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That Margot is a wealthy heiress.
(d) That Margot is American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the professor ask Margot a few days later in a taxi?

2. Who are the Mud Angels?

3. What does Margot remember about Señor Bruni?

4. For what does Margot listen during brief moments of silence?

5. Why does Margot almost miss the train as it is leaving a scheduled stop?

(see the answer key)

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