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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. What does Caroline confess to Mary?
(a) She plans to leave Robert.
(b) She is sexually attracted to Colin.
(c) She sat and watched Mary and Colin while they slept.
(d) She is unable to leave her home.

2. What impresses Mary about the women of Venice?
(a) Their radical, organized form of feminism
(b) Their commitment to the native culture of the area
(c) Their subtle feminist beliefs
(d) Their complacency

3. What does the couple do each evening on the balcony of their hotel room?
(a) Discuss their relationship
(b) Make love
(c) Have a night cap before going to dinner
(d) Share their dreams

4. What circumstance seems to set an ominous tone for the evening for Mary?
(a) The argument that they had earlier in the day.
(b) The ambivalence she feels towards Colin.
(c) The uneventful nature of their love making.
(d) The lateness of their leaving the hotel.

5. Which of the following is NOT a location that Mary and Colin visit during this chapter?
(a) The quay
(b) Their hotel
(c) The hospital
(d) A sidewalk cafe

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Caroline say that Mary and Colin's clothes are?

2. What does Colin tell Caroline is the only downside to his and Mary's visit to Venice?

3. What do Mary and Colin discover after they make love one evening?

4. How do people react to the elderly women selling trinkets outside of the hospital?

5. What comfort does Robert offer Mary and Colin at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of the first chapter

2. What is unusual about Robert's interactions with Mary and Colin in this chapter?

3. How does Robert's father react to him soiling his study? How does this make Robert feel?

4. Describe the display in the department store window that both Mary and Colin comment on.

5. Who do Mary and Colin notice outside of the street side cafe? How is he the same? How is he different?

6. How is Mary's reaction to Robert different from Colin's?

7. Describe Mary and Colin's experience outside of the hospital.

8. Describe the scene involving the older tourists that Colin observes from his balcony. How does the version of the story Colin tells Mary differ from the actual situation?

9. Describe the setting around the tourist attraction clock tower.

10. How does the author initially describe Robert?

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