The Sixteen Pleasures Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Robert Hellenga
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Sixteen Pleasures Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Robert Hellenga
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. On what day does Professor Chapin leave Margot stranded?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) May day.
(c) Freedom Day.
(d) Christmas.

2. Where does Margot decide to stay?
(a) In a hotel chain.
(b) In a boarding house.
(c) With an old friend.
(d) At the YWCA.

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

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

5. What does Margot remember about Señor Bruni?
(a) He often bought her ice cream when he visited New York.
(b) He was her mother's lover.
(c) He often bought her ice cream when he visited Denver.
(d) Not much.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Margot and the person who introduces herself to Margot discuss?

3. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?

4. Who is Margeaux?

5. Why does Margot's father break down and cry years after her mother dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the significance of Señor Bruni in Margot's life as a teenager.

2. Why is Margot drawn to some frescoes she views in the convent and how is that uncharacteristic of her?

3. What does Margot discover about the way the nuns work and how does Margot react?

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

5. Why are two of the postulants in trouble?

6. What did Alessandro do on the day of the November 4th flood?

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

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

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

10. Where does Margot end up staying and what does she do on her first morning in Florence?

(see the answer keys)

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