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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eda's father do for a living?
(a) Raise chickens.
(b) Sell cars.
(c) Restore furniture.
(d) Masonry.

3. What does Alan notice about Frank when Frank gets out of the car with Eda after they drop her off?
(a) Frank is getting thick around his waist.
(b) Frank looks upset by what Eda is saying.
(c) Frank's hair is thinning.
(d) Frank's tweed jacket has a price tag on it.

4. Why are most of the things that they see while window shopping in Florence unsuitable for Eda?
(a) They are meant for adult women.
(b) They are meant for furnishing a home.
(c) They are meant for tourists.
(d) They are meant for upper class women.

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

6. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Bentley.
(c) Rolls Royce.
(d) Renault.

7. What is implied has happened to Eda at the end of the story?
(a) She has been coerced into sleeping with Alan.
(b) She has gone home to her parents.
(c) She has been abandoned in Spoleto.
(d) She has left Frank for Alan.

8. After they drop Eda off, what does Alan say to Frank about the encounter?
(a) Eda is a beautiful girl.
(b) He would like to see Eda again.
(c) Frank's behavior is immoral.
(d) It will land them in trouble.

9. Where is Eda when they first see her?
(a) Coming through an arch near a church.
(b) Working at the hotel desk.
(c) Selling jewelry in the market.
(d) Riding in her parents' car.

10. 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)?
(a) Italians are more relaxed about time.
(b) She has been out all night.
(c) Alan's eyesight is poor.
(d) Italy has different clothing standards.

11. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's suggestion that she be "shared" between him and Alan?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She asks Frank for money.
(c) She instantly refuses.
(d) She threatens to call her parents.

12. What is the English translation of the word "Basta" (41)?
(a) More.
(b) Please.
(c) Enough.
(d) Later.

13. 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)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metonymy.

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

15. When Alan wonders, "Giotto--what would that mean to her?" what does "Giotto" refer to (39)?
(a) A painter.
(b) A town.
(c) A religious site.
(d) A river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?

2. What does Frank offer Eda while they are in the car riding around Arezzo?

3. Why does Frank buy postcards in Arezzo?

4. What is playing on the car radio when Frank and Alan first give Eda a ride?

5. How does Frank strike up a conversation with Eda?

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