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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the professor ask Margot a few days later in a taxi?
(a) If she has been to the Alps.
(b) If she wants to be his lover.
(c) If she will quit working with him.
(d) If she will travel back to the States to get some books he needs.

2. What does the conductor reveal to the two women in Margot's compartment?
(a) That Margot is American.
(b) That Margot is meeting her father in Italy.
(c) That Margot is a wealthy heiress.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why is Margot flying to Italy?
(a) To write her dissertation about Botticelli.
(b) To help repair old books.
(c) To meet her father.
(d) To meet her fiance and live in Venice for a month.

4. Why does Margot almost miss the train as it is leaving a scheduled stop?
(a) She is detained by her former college acquaintance.
(b) She is detained by a policeman.
(c) She disembarks to purchase food.
(d) She disembarks to purchase souvenirs.

5. Who is Professor Eugene Chapin?
(a) Margot's uncle.
(b) The man for whom Margot is to translate.
(c) A professor at Oxford when Margot attended as an undergrad.
(d) A professor at Harvard when Margot attended as an undergrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Mud Angels?

2. What does Margot remember about Señor Bruni?

3. Who does Margot meet one day later than originally scheduled?

4. What does Margot think of the next morning as she is walking?

5. Why does Margot's father break down and cry years after her mother dies?

(see the answer key)

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