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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Margot drawn to when she is exploring because they are done by a woman named Lucia?
(a) Tapestries.
(b) Wool rugs.
(c) Frescoes.
(d) Icons.

2. How have the bookshelves been damaged?
(a) They have bent under the weight of books.
(b) They have swelled.
(c) They are not damaged.
(d) They have warped.

3. What signs does Margot see in the city?
(a) Of the discontent of the foreign workers.
(b) The damage from the flood.
(c) Of the widespread unemployment.
(d) Of the damage done by rioters.

4. Of what does Margot give a brief history?
(a) Marriage in Venice.
(b) The religious order where she is now staying.
(c) Art in Florence.
(d) The canals of Venice.

5. On what day does Professor Chapin leave Margot stranded?
(a) May day.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Freedom Day.

6. Who is Margot hesitant to contact?
(a) Her father.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Her boss in the United States.
(d) Alessandro.

7. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?
(a) To meet a lover.
(b) For an interview.
(c) To study the ruins.
(d) To meet her father.

8. Who does Margot encounter when she changes compartments on the train?
(a) A young man who she had noticed earlier.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Two elderly, retired professors.
(d) An acquaintance from college.

9. Why is Margot's mother ecstatic after Margot's visit to Villa I Tatti?
(a) Margot becomes engaged.
(b) Margot is accepted into Oxford.
(c) Margot becomes pregnant.
(d) Margot is accepted into Harvard.

10. What does Margot want to see?
(a) Where they keep the oldest of the convent's books.
(b) A book the postulants keep overnight.
(c) The abbess to ask her about the convent.
(d) The head of the library.

11. Where in the United States does Margot Harrington live?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

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

13. Who is Margeaux?
(a) Margot's alter ego.
(b) Margot's mother's name.
(c) The name Margot calls her twin who was born first and dies before Margot is born.
(d) Margot's aunt after whom Margot is named.

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

15. What does Margot discover about the nuns?
(a) They are all from Rome.
(b) They sing while working.
(c) They work in silence.
(d) They are all elderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose point of view is the first part of Chapter 4 written?

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

3. Where does Margot find Alessandro?

4. Who speaks to Margo in French?

5. Whose actions are not as impressive as his talk?

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