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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. Who opens Annabel's door and walks in without ringing the bell?
(a) A curious neighbor.
(b) The housemaid.
(c) Billy.
(d) The Nurse.

2. What is Annabel's reason for seeing the press right away?
(a) She hates reporters and wants to get it over with.
(b) She wants to protect her baby.
(c) She wants to tell them a made up story.
(d) She wants to protect her public image before anything gets out.

3. When Billy is with Annabel, what does he say about Frederick's suicide threats?
(a) Frederick threatens to throw himself out of a window.
(b) Frederick hopes that Annabel will jump out of a window.
(c) Frederick tells Billy that he was once hospitalized for trying to kill himself.
(d) Frederick has attempted to kill himself a while back.

4. What are Annabel's thoughts while making her movies in Rome?
(a) Annabel wants to win an award before she and Frederick part.
(b) Annabel never wants to have an affair with Luigi.
(c) Annabel thinks Frederick is having an affair but she doesn't care.
(d) Annabel is jealous of Frederick's mistress.

5. How do Billy and Annabel first meet?
(a) Billy meets Annabel when she is a waitress in a coffee bar.
(b) Billy meets Annabel when she marries his friend Frederick.
(c) Billy and Annabel were friends in high school.
(d) Billy was Annabel's next door neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annabel say when she arrives at her flat door after she learns about Frederick's suicide?

2. What kind of flooring is there in Annabel's new flat?

3. Who does Annabel respond to Frederick's possible time of arrival to the party ?

4. What is the name of Annabel's baby?

5. What are some of the views from Annabel's flat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Annabel's film company was worried about the couple's divorcing at what could be the wrong time, such as the release of a new picture. How did Annabel decide to save her marriage?

2. "The House on the Piazza" did not garner great reviews for the film, but how did it help Annabel's acting career?

3. What was Annabel's next film after "The House on the Piazza," and how was it received by the public? Also, how did it impact on the Christopher's personal lives?

4. As more and more people came into her flat, for the party she hadn't known about, Annabel wondered what she should do. Why didn't she just send them all away?

5. In Chapter IV, when Annabel is taken to view the body, the doctors and nurses who escort her being to speak rapidly in Italian and she realizes they are trying to console her. How does she react?

6. Annabel had a brief affair with an American drama student who was playing a small part in one of her films. How did this affect her marriage?

7. What was the difference between the way that Annabel and Frederick viewed acting?

8. Dr.Tommassi's child is very rude and not tactful. She makes some mean and penetrating comments. How does Annabel react?

9. When Frederick failed at acting, he turned to writing film scripts and had a number of small successes. What was the script that would bring fame to both of the Christophers?

10. The doctor gives Annabel two aspirins and a glass of warmed up wine. The leading neighbors of the palazzo, at the sight of the baby in Annabel's arms, get teary at the sight of Annabel's' tears. She is crying quite hard, when the child says something about how actresses can make themselves cry. What in the child's words brings back echoes of Frederick?

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