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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the restaurant in Spoleto, what is Frank distracted by?
2. Where are Frank, Alan, and Brenda at the beginning of Part 2?
3. 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)?
4. From context, which is a reasonable interpretation of the simile "They had separate rooms, like staterooms, like passengers on a fading boat" (36)?
5. Where do Frank and Alan drink in Venice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Eda's reaction to Frank's explanation of the situation with Alan, and how does Frank treat her decision?
2. What has happened in Brenda's life since she and Frank broke up?
3. Where do Frank and Alan take Eda, and what does Frank buy her there?
4. In the hotel bar in Spoleto, what does Alan tell Frank about Europe, and what is Frank's response?
5. What is symbolic about the car that Frank and Alan are in while they tour Europe?
6. What does Frank decide not to tell Alan about his conversation with Eda, and why?
7. What happens between Frank and Eda in his hotel room?
8. Whom do Frank and Alan meet in Arezzo, and how do they meet her?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Alan and Frank exchange a look in the hotel bar in Spoleto after Eda has refused to sleep with Alan, Alan understands Frank's intentions without discussion. "They were like thieves," the narrator comments (45). In what sense are Frank and Alan like thieves? Write an essay that considers not just this scene but the entirety of the story as you make and defend a claim about Frank's and Alan's willingness to "steal" to get what they want. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Are Frank and Alan happy with their lives and achievements? Write an essay that uses evidence from the text to support a claim about whether either man understands how to make himself truly happy.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the medical imagery in "American Express." Be sure to defend your assertions with quoted textual evidence.
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