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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. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?
(a) "A huge dog."
(b) "A dropped stone."
(c) "A rocket to the moon."
(d) "A thirteen-year-old."

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) Frank is more focused on the case than on Brenda, so she finds a different boyfriend.
(c) Brenda has always been more interested in finding a rich man than finding true love.
(d) Brenda is cheating on Frank, but he not invested in their relationship enough to notice.

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

4. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
(a) The apartment.
(b) Their child.
(c) Their dog.
(d) Part of their law practice.

5. When Frank tells Alan that he can drive Brenda to Rome himself, what does Brenda tell Frank?
(a) That he has no idea how to treat women.
(b) That he should have become a politician.
(c) That he is a lawyer even in his personal life.
(d) That one day Alan will get fed up with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?

2. What does Frank like about Brenda?

3. 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)?

4. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

5. How long do Frank and Alan work on the Hardmann Roe case?

(see the answer key)

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