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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rowley suggest Mary and he go that night?
(a) To a late-night cafe for coffee alone.
(b) To her villa.
(c) To his motel room.
(d) For a ride in the country.

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

3. About what do Mary and Rowley speak at length?
(a) Mary's father's architectural designs.
(b) Mary and Edgar and Mary's situation.
(c) Rowley's home in the United States.
(d) Rowley's new business venture in Tuscany.

4. What does Mary make Karl?
(a) French toast and eggs.
(b) A drink.
(c) Waffles.
(d) Bacon and eggs.

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

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

7. Who is Ciro?
(a) Mary's gardener.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) Edgar's driver.
(d) Mary's manservant.

8. What does Mary do on the way home?
(a) Cries.
(b) Decides she will accept Edgar's proposal.
(c) Decides to disappear.
(d) Stop to enjoy the view.

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

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

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

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

13. Why does Rowley propose to Mary?
(a) He is a little drunk.
(b) He feels tender towards her.
(c) He needs a wife.
(d) He has loved her from afar for several years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary decide to give Karl as a gift?

2. Who prompts Nina to remind Mary?

3. Of what is Colonel Trail very complimentary?

4. In what century is the Tuscan villa built?

5. Of what nationality is Princess San Ferdinando?

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