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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edgar visiting?
(a) He needs to ask Mary's advice about her sister.
(b) He is a contractor who will be doing the remodeling of her villa.
(c) He has an appointment in Cannes and so is nearby.
(d) He wants to buy the villa where she is staying.

2. Why is Rowley Flint invited to the party?
(a) As a possible suitor for Mary.
(b) To even out the attendance after Edgar gave his regrets.
(c) Because he just arrived in Florence and is a childhood friend of the Princess.
(d) As a balance to the Princess's husband's taciturn nature.

3. Who is generally in good humor?
(a) Mary.
(b) Nina.
(c) Edgar.
(d) The Princess.

4. How does Mary describe how Matthew was at first?
(a) Quiet and studious.
(b) Polite and reserved.
(c) Zestful and overly-boisterous.
(d) Charming and fun.

5. Who is Nina?
(a) Mary's servant woman.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Mary's mother.
(d) Mary's sister.

6. What does Mary say when the Princess points out what a good catch Edgar would be?
(a) The Princess should consider him.
(b) That Edgar is unlikely to ask Mary to be his wife because of their great age difference.
(c) That Edgar is like an older brother to Mary.
(d) The woman Edgar has asked to marry him is very lucky.

7. What ashamed Mary about Matthew?
(a) His desire to cross dress.
(b) His drunken rages.
(c) The way he eyed other women.
(d) The way he treated the servants.

8. What does Mary admit she came to feel?
(a) Nothing for Matthew.
(b) Despise for Matthew.
(c) Extreme pity for Matthew.
(d) Horrific anger at Matthew.

9. What is the amount most people give the entertainer?
(a) Five or ten lira.
(b) He was such a poor musician, most only give him a lira or two.
(c) At least fifty lira.
(d) Nothing; he is paid by the hostess.

10. What position does Mary believe Edgar might be offered?
(a) A position with the largest architectural firm in Italy.
(b) She doesn't believe he will receive an offer.
(c) A position with her father's conglomerate.
(d) A position with the government.

11. For what is the Princess known?
(a) Her wealth.
(b) Her caustic remarks.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her generosity.

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

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

14. What does Karl point out to Mary as they are driving to her villa?
(a) The lights of Cannes.
(b) The lights of Florence.
(c) The full moon.
(d) A shabby house where he lives.

15. What does Mary wish she had done?
(a) Stayed home to think about marriage.
(b) Stayed home so she did not have to be cheerful.
(c) Called her sister and canceled the visit.
(d) Stayed home and packed to go to her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary respond to Edgar's question?

2. What does Mary learn from her lawyer?

3. What does Mary extol?

4. Why does Mary think the tip she leaves will mean a great deal?

5. What does Mary learn when Edgar arrives?

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