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

2. Why does Mary drive around the area?
(a) To show her sister around the area.
(b) To see the sights.
(c) To search for an old friend's home.
(d) To search for a villa her family owned when she was a child.

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

4. What does Edgar want Mary to carry with her to Florence?
(a) A bottle of vintage win for an old friend.
(b) A gun for protection.
(c) A bottle of vintage wine for the Princess.
(d) A note for the Princess.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary ask Rowley to hand her from her purse?

2. Who advised Mary not to marry Matthew?

3. Of what nationality is Princess San Ferdinando?

4. Of what is Rowley concerned?

5. What is the amount most people give the entertainer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to distress Mary about Matthew?

3. How long has Mary known Edgar and what was Mary's mother's opinion of the man?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Mary say about why she marries Matthew Panton?

10. Why is Mary conflicted about attending the party?

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