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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. For the group ride out in the country, what do Miss Bartlett and Miss Lavish plan out?
(a) Where everyone will sit.
(b) What to drink following the ride.
(c) What to discuss as a group.
(d) Where to have lunch.

2. What does Miss Bartlett do for Lucy after moving into the room with a view?
(a) She unpacks for Lucy.
(b) She cooks Lucy dinner.
(c) She braids Lucy's hair.
(d) She opens the window and points out the scenery.

3. What does Mr. Beebe do once he learns Lucy is engaged?
(a) Requests a duel.
(b) Kisses Lucy on both cheeks.
(c) Opens a bottle of champagne.
(d) Apologizes to Cecil for gossiping.

4. What city does the first part of the novel take place in?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Florence, Italy.
(d) London, England.

5. When Lucy and Miss Bartlett go on a walk with Mr. Eager, what do they purchase?
(a) Homemade wine.
(b) Cheaply made souveniers.
(c) Leather from the market.
(d) Pasties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers Lucy and Miss Bartlett a room with a view?

2. Miss Bartlett is afraid Lucy will think Florence is what?

3. Who defends Phaeton's attempt to kiss someone?

4. What do George and Lucy share at the end of Chapter 6?

5. In what way have the Emersons been snubbed at the Pension?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of the quote Mr. Emerson has written on the wardrobe?

2. What does Mr. Emerson suggest to Lucy regarding the character George?

3. Lucy and Cecil discuss Lucy's comfort level with Cecil on a walk through the woods. Lucy admits she prefers Cecil in what environment?

4. What does George do to Lucy's photographs? What does this act symbolize?

5. What do Mr. Beebe and Cecil agree upon? What do they disagree upon?

6. What dramatic event happens in Chapter 4? What does Lucy say to George regarding the event?

7. When Miss Bartlett does not speak with the Emersons at church, choosing instead to go to the carriage, what does Lucy realize?

8. Although it may seem adventurous to travel to Greece, Lucy desires to go for a different purpose altogether. What is it?

9. Why does Mr. Emerson express pity for Lucy in Chapter 2?

10. The first chapter of Room with a View is set in Florence, Italy. What type of city is Florence and why might this have been chosen as the setting?

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