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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. How does Mr. Seton view the life of a poet?
(a) Better than a songwriter.
(b) Better than a banker.
(c) Better than a television writer.
(d) Better than a painter.

2. In "Reunion," where the is the young man traveling?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York City.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Chicago.

3. What has the son in "Reunion" went through three years ago?
(a) An illness.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) The death of his mother.
(d) His parent's divorce.

4. Who are the Folkstones?
(a) Peaches's and Gee Gee's neighbors.
(b) Peaches's boss.
(c) Peaches's relatives.
(d) Gee Gee's family.

5. What happens when the Duke decides to marry his new love?
(a) His family disowns him.
(b) They are given a party.
(c) They build a new castle.
(d) They are forbidden to enter Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has an affair in "The Chimera?"

2. What do the Setons think of Italy?

3. What happens when Gee Gee gets drunk?

4. Why does the Seton Family travel to Florence?

5. Where is the son in "Reunion" going after his first destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Seton act ashamed of his profession?

2. How does the husband in "The Chimera" feel after Olga leaves?

3. How does the man's wife in "The Chimera" react to Olga?

4. What kind of impact does the Duke's fall have?

5. How does the Assunta respond to the old woman in "Montraldo"?

6. What do people in Florence think of the Seton family?

7. Describe Gee Gee's behavior when he is sober?

8. How does Mr. Folkestone's behavior change throughout the story?

9. Whose inheritance is the subject of "The Lowboy" and why?

10. What is it about the elderly mother in the "The Angel and the Bridge" that irks her son?

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