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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did Frank take Alan and Brenda in Paris?
(a) The opera.
(b) A cabaret.
(c) A museum.
(d) The ballet.

7. 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 upper class women.
(d) They are meant for tourists.

8. Which detail conveys Frank's continued attractiveness to women despite his age?
(a) The comments of the employees at the coffee place in Como.
(b) The behavior of the German hotel manager's girlfriend.
(c) The comments of the border guards as they cross into Como.
(d) The behavior of the Italian countesses in Venice.

9. 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.

10. What is ironic about the setting around Frank when he calls Eda about going to Florence?
(a) Alan is nearby but has no idea that Frank plans to invite Eda along with them to Florence.
(b) The same porter that he had to bribe the night before is the one who placed the call.
(c) He is still at the same hotel where he had her in his room just the night before.
(d) He is sitting in a room with other children innocently playing cards while their mothers talk nearby.

11. In the sentence, "The blue car of the carabiniere lazed past," what does the word "carabiniere" mean (39)?
(a) Police.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Tour leader.
(d) Taxi driver.

12. 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 liquid like water or wine.
(c) A water treatment facility.
(d) A science experiment.

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

14. As Alan rides through the countryside outside Venice and as he walks around Padua, what seems to impress him most about Italy?
(a) Its beauty.
(b) Its age.
(c) Its friendliness.
(d) Its foreignness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What kind of coffee does Frank ask Brenda about?

3. In Padua, where does Alan go for a walk by himself in the early morning?

4. What does Eda's father do for a living?

5. What kind of car is Frank driving in the opening of the story's second part?

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