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

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

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

4. When did Matthew change?
(a) When his father disinherited him.
(b) When he was drinking.
(c) When his brother is killed.
(d) When his sister dies.

5. Where is the party Mary is attending that night to be held?
(a) In open pavilions on the estate of a Baron Mary does not know.
(b) A restaurant on the banks of the Arno river.
(c) At Princess San Ferdinando's home.
(d) In a converted opera house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Princess ask of Mary?

2. What is Mary's reply?

3. Why does Rowley propose to Mary?

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

5. Who is Nina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Mary been spending her time lately and what bearing does that have to do with Mary being at the villa?

2. What does Mary point out about Rowley's reputation and what is his response?

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

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 is surprising about Mary's response to Edgar's proposal?

7. What does Mary think about Edgar's job prospects?

8. How does Mary begin to respond to Matthew's drinking?

9. What does Mary think of the Princess' comments on marriage to Edgar?

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

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