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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 Annabel do to keep Frederick with her while she makes more films in Italy?
(a) Annabel asks Frederick's mother to care for the baby in Rome.
(b) Annabel finds a job for Billy in Rome.
(c) Annabel promises Frederick she will move back to England in a year.
(d) Annabel promises Frederick she will ask Luigi to get him an acting part in his next picture.

2. How does Annabel behave towards the doctor's child?
(a) She makes her leave the baby's room.
(b) She slaps her face.
(c) She tells her that she's a little brat.
(d) She calls her a beast.

3. What does Annabel tell her husband after her second brief affair?
(a) Annabel wants to have an open marriage.
(b) Annabel loves the man and wants to be with him.
(c) The man is an actor and a friend - nothing else.
(d) Annabel loves the man and wants to leave Frederick.

4. What unusual event happens outside of Annabel's flat at 6:30 p.m.?
(a) Some people come to her door in error, meaning to go to her neighbors' apartments.
(b) Her neighbors all come to visit her.
(c) People come to take her to a party.
(d) A group of people, who look like friends of Billy's, come to the door.

5. Who comes to the door when Giorgio goes out?
(a) The Press.
(b) Billy.
(c) Francesca.
(d) Luigi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bits of conversation does Frederick hear as he walks through the sets of the film studio?

2. In Chapter III, what does Annabel know of Frederick's whereabouts?

3. Where do they say that sensational publicity stories usually start?

4. How old is Frederick?

5. How does Frederick react when Annabel decides they should have a baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Frederick, always keeping in the back of his mind the idea of leaving Annabel, had taken a mistress and in Chapter III, we learn that he is constantly going away. How is Annabel managing her private life?

2. One afternoon as Annabel is waiting for Frederick, Billy O'Brien lets himself in with the key that Frederick had given to him. Billy is rude and arrogant and demands food, which Annabel prepares. Billy says that Frederick has threatened suicide and Annabel says he has done the same with her. Should they have taken his threats more seriously?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter II, we learn that "The House on the Piazza" was the film that established Annabel's reputation. However, the film itself did not draw crowds and was considered lifeless. How did Frederick view the film?

5. 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?

6. The last guest to come to Annabel's flat was Dr.Tommasi. Why was he there and how did Annabel receive the news he came to deliver?

7. What is the relationship of Billy O'Brien to the Christopher family?

8. 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?

9. When Billy showed up unexpectedly at the party that Annabel had known nothing about, who did he bring with him?

10. Annabel was reading her new script, "The Staircase" when the bell rang. She answered the door and saw friends of Billy, or people who seemed to be his friends and who said they were there for a house warming party at seven 0'clock, according to Frederick. What did Annabel do?

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