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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. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?
(a) For Alan to send to his daughter.
(b) To send to Brenda.
(c) To send to Nan.
(d) To send to clients.

2. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?
(a) She does not want to move to the Washington, D.C. office.
(b) She does not think she would be able to do the job.
(c) She does not think it would be a good idea to be working so closely with Frank.
(d) She does not think much of the man she would be working for.

3. What does Frank say New York is divided into?
(a) Lawyers and clients.
(b) People on their way up and people on their way down.
(c) People born in the city and people born elsewhere.
(d) Haves and have-nots.

4. Which is the best description of the husband and wife conversation that Frank mimics?
(a) Banal.
(b) Earnest.
(c) Playful.
(d) Condescending.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?

2. What does Frank like about Brenda?

3. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?

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)?

5. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?

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