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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "American Express" pages 35-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the details of the thick towels, Biedermeier desk, and private school meant to convey?
(a) Frank's insecurity.
(b) Frank's snobbery.
(c) Frank's good taste.
(d) Frank's success.

2. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?
(a) Brenda is looking for a house for her and Frank to live in outside the city.
(b) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(c) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.
(d) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.

3. Which word is twice used to describe the way Eda looks?
(a) Mischievous.
(b) Angelic.
(c) Radiant.
(d) Pure.

4. On page 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?
(a) "Let them find me, then."
(b) "They think they are."
(c) "Alan, we're the same, you and me."
(d) "They don't know what's good for them."

5. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?
(a) It is expensive.
(b) It is dangerous.
(c) It is full of law offices.
(d) It is predominantly Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nan bring as a gift to the man who invites her over for tea?

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

3. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

4. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?

5. What is the narrator implying about Brenda's discussion of her children with the comment "The first act was over.... Now came the plot" (37)?

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