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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks Margot while she is still in the abbess' office?
(a) The graphic images of a book she opens.
(b) That the postulates can still decide to quit.
(c) That the abbess is unhappy about the bishop.
(d) That the abbess was a young widow when she becomes a nun.

2. What is one thing Margot learns about the Catholic Church?
(a) Its politics.
(b) Its charitable works.
(c) Its deterioration.
(d) Its conservatism.

3. Why is Margot's mother ecstatic after Margot's visit to Villa I Tatti?
(a) Margot is accepted into Harvard.
(b) Margot is accepted into Oxford.
(c) Margot becomes pregnant.
(d) Margot becomes engaged.

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

5. What does Lucia bring with her to a convent when she joins?
(a) Devotion to Mary.
(b) A rebellious attitude.
(c) Skepticism.
(d) A large dowry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margot do while riding the train?

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

3. What poem does Margot remember as she realizes she has been left stranded?

4. What does Margot discover about the nuns?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the situation about the cassette tapes affect Margot's life even years later?

2. Describe Margot's discussion of the library with Madre Badessa.

3. What does Margot discover about the book that the Abbess gives into Margot's care?

4. Why are two of the postulants in trouble?

5. Who is Margeaux, and describe a scene that Margeaux is good at.

6. What is the significance of the cassette tapes when Margot's mother is dying?

7. How does Margot react to the book that the postulants keep over night, and what is Madre Badessa's reaction?

8. Describe the scene when the taxi gets a flat tire.

9. How does Margot first offend two American travelers on the train and then bond with them?

10. What does Margot's new living quarters remind her of and how does she change that?

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