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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem does Margot remember as she realizes she has been left stranded?
(a) "A Dream Pang."
(b) "The Road not Taken."
(c) "A Brook in the City."
(d) "A Time to Talk."

2. Where in the United States does Margot Harrington live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) New York.

3. What does Margot do while riding the train?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Muses on her past.
(c) Takes pictures out the window.
(d) Reads all about Botticelli.

4. What has been discovered in the library?
(a) A rat.
(b) The source of the dampness.
(c) A mother with kittens.
(d) A pornographic book.

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

6. Who introduces herself to Margot as she is exploring?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The museum curator.
(c) The museum procurer.
(d) The Abbess.

7. What did Alessandro do on the day of the flood?
(a) Moves to higher quarters.
(b) Begins an affair.
(c) Opens his apartment to others.
(d) Flies out of the city.

8. 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 young man on the train.
(d) The convent where she almost becomes a nun.

9. Who speaks to Margo in French?
(a) The taxi driver.
(b) The boardinghouse madam.
(c) The police officer.
(d) A stranger who offers assistance.

10. What invitation does Margot decline?
(a) An invitation to have a drink at a nearby bar.
(b) An invitation to stay at a stranger's home.
(c) An invitation to see the Coliseum the next day.
(d) An offer of a room upgrade for more money.

11. How have the bookshelves been damaged?
(a) They have warped.
(b) They are not damaged.
(c) They have bent under the weight of books.
(d) They have swelled.

12. 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.

13. What advice from Alessandro did the monastery disregard?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Moving the frescoes to a museum.
(c) Installing a sump pump.
(d) Installing a moisture barrier.

14. What is Margot drawn to when she is exploring because they are done by a woman named Lucia?
(a) Icons.
(b) Frescoes.
(c) Wool rugs.
(d) Tapestries.

15. Who is Margot hesitant to contact?
(a) Alessandro.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Her boss in the United States.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margot's mother decide to do when she is dying?

2. Why is Margot flying to Italy?

3. What does Margot want to see?

4. What changed Margot's life shortly after going to Villa I Tatti?

5. What does Lucia bring with her to a convent when she joins?

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