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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?
(a) The birds outside the restaurant.
(b) The overly familiar waiter.
(c) A stain on his lapel.
(d) A beautiful Swedish woman.

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

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

4. Why does Frank give the portiere 40,000 lire?
(a) To ignore Eda's presence in Frank's room.
(b) To pretend to Eda's parents that Eda has a job at the hotel.
(c) To drive Eda to Frank's hotel and home again.
(d) To give to Eda when she leaves Frank's room.

5. 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 science experiment.
(d) A water treatment facility.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What reason does Eda give for refusing to go to Florence with Frank and Alan?

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. At what time of year are Frank and Alan in Venice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom do Frank and Alan meet in Arezzo, and how do they meet her?

2. What does Frank decide not to tell Alan about his conversation with Eda, and why?

3. What does Brenda suggest to Frank about New York, and what is it implied that she is hinting about?

4. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?

5. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?

6. What does the narrative imply happens between Alan and Eda on the night before the story ends, and what is Alan's reaction to it in the morning?

7. When the second part of the story opens, where are Alan and Frank, and who is with them?

8. What do Frank and Brenda fight about when it is time for her to leave Italy, and how does Alan become involved in the argument?

9. In the story's closing paragraphs, what is Alan thinking about, and why?

10. What happens between Frank and Eda in his hotel room?

(see the answer keys)

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