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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 has Frank been shopping for while in Italy?
(a) Art.
(b) Jewelry and watches.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Real estate.

2. Why is Brenda heading to Rome?
(a) Rome is where she is supposed to meet an old friend.
(b) Rome is where she is thinking of moving.
(c) Rome is where her mother and daughters are waiting for her.
(d) Rome is where her flight to New York is leaving from.

3. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?
(a) A river.
(b) A painter.
(c) A town.
(d) A religious site.

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "On the curtained upper floors the legs of countesses uncoiled, slithering on the sheets like a serpent" (38)?
(a) Sibilance.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

5. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(b) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.
(c) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.
(d) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alan's life being compared to in the sentence, "It seemed that his life was being clarified, the sediment was drifting down" (39)?

2. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?

3. In Padua, where does Alan go for a walk by himself in the early morning?

4. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?

5. What is implied by the detail of the woman "dressed for dinner" getting out of a taxi in the morning outside Alan and Frank's hotel (39)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?

2. What do Frank and Brenda fight about when it is time for her to leave Italy, and how does Alan become involved in the argument?

3. Whom do Frank and Alan meet in Arezzo, and how do they meet her?

4. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?

5. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's explanation of the situation with Alan, and how does Frank treat her decision?

6. When Frank and Alan are leaving a Spoleto restaurant with Eda between them, what does the clerk say, and what is his meaning?

7. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?

8. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?

9. What does the narrative imply happens between Alan and Eda on the night before the story ends, and what is Alan's reaction to it in the morning?

10. What does Frank decide not to tell Alan about his conversation with Eda, and why?

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