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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. On page 30, what is being compared to an "infinite forest, the trunks and vines blocking out the light"?
(a) Life in New York City.
(b) The Hardmann Roe case.
(c) The legal profession in general.
(d) Frank and Alan's relationship.

2. 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)?
(a) A glass or chalice.
(b) A water treatment facility.
(c) A science experiment.
(d) A liquid like water or wine.

3. How does Frank feel when he smells leaf smoke on the way to Florence?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Confused.
(d) Ashamed.

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Epistrophe.

5. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?
(a) Nicola's.
(b) Goldie's.
(c) Jack's.
(d) Harry's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alan and Frank miss Brenda's party, what is Alan disappointed about?

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

3. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?

4. In what way do Frank and Alan become "like the old partners" at the firm because of the Hardmann Roe case?

5. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?

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