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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dotty and Evelyn eat on their trip to Florence together after the flood?
(a) Lasagne.
(b) Pasta Carbonara.
(c) Pasta Faziole.
(d) Pasta Alla Gricia.

2. What does Alys write well in Part III?
(a) Novels.
(b) Epitaphs.
(c) Poems.
(d) Songs.

3. What does Ulysses create for the first time in a long time in Part III?
(a) A painting.
(b) A globe.
(c) A record.
(d) A book.

4. What makes Alys feel vulnerable in her relationship with Romy?
(a) Romy can speak several languages and Alys can only speak one.
(b) She has no money.
(c) She says she loves Romy but Romy does not say it back.
(d) Romy is musically talented and Alys is not.

5. Why do Peg and Pete come to visit Cress?
(a) Paola has just died.
(b) Claude has just died.
(c) Cress is sick.
(d) Ulysses has just died.

6. What does Evelyn teach?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Art History.
(d) Law.

7. When does Alys leave Florence for a longer term?
(a) When she turns 21.
(b) In 1962, when she is 17.
(c) When she turns 35.
(d) In 1970, when she turns 30.

8. Where does Pete begin playing regularly in 1968?
(a) Richard's.
(b) Michele's.
(c) Harry's.
(d) Massimo's.

9. What has always been Peg's "currency"?
(a) Her brains.
(b) Her dancing.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her beauty.

10. Who does Evelyn run into with her old friend that she would rather have avoided in Part III?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Helen.
(c) Richard.
(d) Evan.

11. Who comforts Pete and Alys the day Bobby Kennedy is killed?
(a) Col.
(b) Henry.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Peg.

12. Who does Ulysses ask to speak to Alys about romantic issues and heartbreak?
(a) Cress.
(b) Peg.
(c) Helen.
(d) Massimo.

13. Who does Alys go to see a lecture from in Part IV?
(a) Artemesia.
(b) Robert.
(c) Massimo.
(d) Evelyn.

14. How does Pete leave Italy?
(a) By boat.
(b) On a plane.
(c) On a train.
(d) Hitchiking.

15. Where do Cress and the others watch the critical soccer match together?
(a) At Michele's.
(b) At the pensione.
(c) At the cinema.
(d) At Col's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Evelyn's father do for a living?

2. Who is Dotty's new partner in Part IV?

3. What does Evelyn's student give her as a gift in Part III?

4. Who does Ulysses go out with the night of the terrible flood, before the flood?

5. Where does Alys go when she leaves Florence for the longer term?

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