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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 is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?
(a) A story about the murder of a priest.
(b) An Italian opera.
(c) American big band music.
(d) A story about the Korean War.

2. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?
(a) To drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.
(b) To pretend to Eda's parents that Eda has a job at the hotel.
(c) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.
(d) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.

3. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?
(a) There are bigots on the jury.
(b) The defendant is guilty.
(c) Alan's father is unprepared for the trial.
(d) The judge is corrupt.

4. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?
(a) She is angry about something.
(b) She is sexually available.
(c) She is uncomfortably warm.
(d) She is physically attractive.

5. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Personification.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the details of the thick towels, Biedermeier desk, and private school meant to convey?

2. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?

3. What does the detail of Eda's trembling in Frank's hotel room indicate?

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

5. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?

(see the answer key)

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