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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mary ask Rowley to hand her from her purse?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A gas card.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A pen and paper.

3. At what has Edgar proven himself?
(a) Business.
(b) Politics.
(c) Romance.
(d) Painting.

4. What does Rowley believe about Mary as far as Edgar is concerned?
(a) That they are perfectly suited to each other.
(b) That Edgar is not in love with Mary.
(c) That Edgar is too staid for Mary.
(d) That Mary is not in love with him.

5. What does Nina remind Mary to do?
(a) Carry her pistol.
(b) Have the car filled with petrol.
(c) Call her sister back.
(d) Apply rouge and eye liner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary say about Matthew Panton?

2. Why couldn't Mary end the marriage?

3. What does Mary do with a hundred lira note?

4. What is Mary doing at the opening of chapter 2?

5. What does Mary encounter on her way home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to distress Mary about Matthew?

2. What is Mary's response to Rowley's questions about Edgar and how does Rowley respond?

3. Why does the Princess choose the restaurant they are at for the party and how is she disappointed?

4. What does the Colonel think of Edgar's prospects in his career?

5. How does Mary end up driving Rowley to his hotel and what happens?

6. What are the topics of conversation between Rowley and Mary?

7. How does Rowley find the handgun in Mary's purse and how does that change the conversation?

8. Why does Rowley propose to Mary and how does she respond?

9. What sort of arrangements does Edgar make with Ciro?

10. How does Mary meet Karl Richter?

(see the answer keys)

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