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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 is Margot doing on December 20th?
(a) Flying to Copenhagen for a conference.
(b) Meeting her father for an early Christmas dinner.
(c) Moving in with Alessandro.
(d) Leaving the convent.

2. What is the chamber in which Margot places the book?
(a) Hyler.
(b) Thymol.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.

3. What does Sandro think Margot has figured out?
(a) That Sandro was going to suplement the sale with his own money.
(b) That Sandro was going to deceive her when he made a deal with Volmaro to benefit Sandro.
(c) That Sandro is going to propose to her.
(d) That Sandro is not going to propose to her.

4. What might an American woman come to regret?
(a) Marrying an Italian man.
(b) Being a mistress to an Italian man.
(c) Not marrying a man from her own country.
(d) Giving up her American citizenship.

5. How does Margot create income for herself?
(a) Working in a small cafe.
(b) Working with students in Certosa.
(c) Photographing tourists.
(d) Painting tourists' pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sandro think has changed about Margot from when he first met her?

2. Where are the workers getting ready to detach some frescoes?

3. Why does the Bishop reprimand Margot?

4. Where does Margot go every afternoon to work on a book?

5. Where are Father Francisco's apartments?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sandro rationalize his deciding not to propose to Margot?

2. How does Sandro shock Margot a couple weeks after the fresco removal?

3. What do the judges decide about Sandro's annulment application?

4. What do Sandro and Margot do and what is Margot's response?

5. What does Margot decide about leaving Florence and then what makes her change her decision?

6. Besides not wanting to leave Sandro, why else is Margot reluctant to leave Florence?

7. Relate Sandro's story about his love for a movie star when he was young.

8. Where does Margot go to watch Sandro's work and how does he feel about what he is doing?

9. Describe the first scene in Volmaro's office when Margot arrives to negotiate the sale of Aretino.

10. What does Margot send to the Bishop and how does she convince him that it is Aretino?

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