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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 challenge does the abbess have with the bishop?
(a) His rumored indiscretions.
(b) His attitude towards women.
(c) His need to always be right.
(d) His thinking the convent does not do enough for the people in their neighborhood.

2. 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 offer of a room upgrade for more money.
(d) An invitation to see the Coliseum the next day.

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

4. From whose point of view is the first part of Chapter 4 written?
(a) Professor Chapin.
(b) Margot.
(c) Margeaux.
(d) Dottor Alessandro Postiglione.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the conductor reveal to the two women in Margot's compartment?

2. What is more important than quantity in the library?

3. What signs does Margot see in the city?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Margot respond to working at the convent?

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

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

6. What is the significance of Harvard University to Margot?

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

8. What are Margot's options for a room when she gets off the train in Florence?

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

10. What are Margot's impressions of Professor Eugene Chapin?

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