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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rowley ask Mary?
(a) If she wants to travel with him to the United States.
(b) Why she wants to marry Edgar so badly.
(c) If she plans to go ahead with her plans to return to England.
(d) If she plans to marry Edgar.

2. How does Mary respond to Edgar's question?
(a) She says she is not comfortable with his staying at the villa since she is alone.
(b) She does not know the woman who Edgar plans to marry.
(c) She says she is not ready to return to England.
(d) She asks for a few days to consider it.

3. What does Mary think about on the way to the party?
(a) Her sister's pending divorce.
(b) Edgar's question.
(c) How to maximize the little money she has remaining.
(d) Her mother's vague allusions to health issues.

4. What is Mary doing at the opening of chapter 2?
(a) Napping.
(b) Talking with her mother on the phone.
(c) Getting ready to go to the party.
(d) Digging in the rosebushes.

5. In what century is the Tuscan villa built?
(a) 16th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 20th.
(d) 13th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Princess ask for the dismissal of the violinist?

2. How does Mary describe how Matthew was at first?

3. Who advised Mary not to marry Matthew?

4. What is Mary's reply?

5. Of what nationality is Princess San Ferdinando?

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