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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Mary learn when Edgar arrives?
(a) He's been offered a position as governor of Bengal.
(b) He is getting married to someone else.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He has been knighted.

4. What does Edgar ask Mary?
(a) To stay for a few days.
(b) For Mary to travel with him back to England.
(c) To be his wife.
(d) If she knows the woman Edgar plans to marry.

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

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

7. Who advised Mary not to marry Matthew?
(a) Only Matthew's brother.
(b) Matthew's mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Many people.

8. What does Mary learn from her lawyer?
(a) Her grandfather left her a large estate.
(b) Her husband wants a divorce.
(c) Her husband squandered all his money.
(d) Her father left her a large estate.

9. Who prompts Nina to remind Mary?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Mary.
(c) No one.
(d) Ciro.

10. Why does Mary have second thoughts about attending the party?
(a) Her sister arrives the next day and the house needs cleaning.
(b) Her mother wants her to come to Rome right away.
(c) Edgar is not there to escort her.
(d) She knows no one at the party.

11. Why is Mary Panton at the villa?
(a) For recuperation from emotional trauma.
(b) To visit her sister and her husband who rent the villa.
(c) To meet with her husband who has been conducting business nearby.
(d) To oversee its remodeling.

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

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

14. Of what is Colonel Trail very complimentary?
(a) The Princess's gown.
(b) Edgar's recent appointment.
(c) Mary's deceased father.
(d) Mary's deceased husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rowley say about his reputation?

2. What is Rowley's parting shot at Mary?

3. What did Mary's mother point out to Mary when Mary was 19?

4. What does Mary say when the Princess points out what a good catch Edgar would be?

5. What does Rowley ask Mary?

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