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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 is the room in Annabel's flat arranged for her before the press conference?
(a) The red velvet chair is saved for her.
(b) The chairs are arranged in long rows.
(c) The love seat is kept for her and the baby.
(d) The chair covered in woven gold fabric is saved for her.

2. What does Annabel find when she goes to check the baby during the party?
(a) He begins to cry very loudly.
(b) Someone has placed a brandy bottle in his crib.
(c) He moves and cries out a little.
(d) Someone has turned a bright light on in the room.

3. How do some critics describe "The House on the Piazza?"
(a) A tour de force.
(b) Sparkling.
(c) Memorable.
(d) Lifeless.

4. What are the seven capital sins mentioned in "The Public Image?"
(a) Pride,wlfulness,greed,wrath,jealousy,sloth,covetousness.
(b) Pride,greed,jealousy,wrath,lust,sloth,covetousness.
(c) Pride,gluttony,wrath,jealousy,lust,wilfullness,perjury.
(d) Pride,covetousness,lust,anger,gluttony,envy,sloth.

5. Where is Annabel's flat located?
(a) On the top floor of an early 1900s apartment house.
(b) On the ground floor of an old chateau.
(c) On the first floor of a 16th century palazzo.
(d) On the thrid floor of an old stone house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annabel like about her husband's hair?

2. The night of the party, why does Annabel suddenly feel angry?

3. How is Annabel's performance in the "House on the Piazza" discussed?

4. What are the headlines Annabel thinks of when she hears of Frederick's death?

5. How does Annabel feel about the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was responsible for the transformation of Annabel and how did it come about?

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

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. 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. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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