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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 Mary make clear to Rowley?
(a) She is still grieving the death of her husband.
(b) She is not interested in him.
(c) Her divorce is not yet final.
(d) He is an interesting man and she might go out with him.

2. Why couldn't Mary end the marriage?
(a) Matthew was so dependent on her.
(b) She was embarrassed.
(c) She thought he would change eventually.
(d) She was paid by Matthew's parents to stay.

3. Who is Princess San Ferdinanado?
(a) Mary's childhood friend.
(b) A woman who is hostessing a party that evening.
(c) A woman who holds grand parties to which Mary has never been invited.
(d) The Princess of Tuscany who is a recent widow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary learn from her lawyer?

2. What does Mary wish she had done?

3. What does Rowley say to Mary?

4. Of what is Rowley concerned?

5. What is Mary's reply?

(see the answer key)

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