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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the taxi in which Margot is riding?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Its radiator boils over.
(c) The driver crashes it into a car in front of him.
(d) It gets a flat tire.

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

4. What changed Margot's life shortly after going to Villa I Tatti?
(a) Her brother is killed.
(b) She miscarries.
(c) Her mother becomes gravely ill.
(d) Her boyfriend breaks off the engagement when he learns she is pregnant.

5. Who does Margot tell Postiglione came up with the drying process?
(a) Herself.
(b) Professor Chapin.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) No one; they have not yet solved the problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does Professor Chapin leave Margot stranded?

2. What does Margot think of the next morning as she is walking?

3. Who are the Mud Angels?

4. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?

5. Who does Margot encounter when she changes compartments on the train?

(see the answer key)

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