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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What history does the abbess recount to Margot?
(a) The history of religion.
(b) The history of books.
(c) The history of the convent.
(d) The history of dogma.

2. When did Margot once live in this city?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1966.

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

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

5. Who are the Mud Angels?
(a) People who search the mud for valuables to sell.
(b) Young people helping with the flood.
(c) What Margot calls young children making mud pies outside her flat.
(d) The dark-skinned children in the playground.

6. About what does the abbess challenge Margot?
(a) To think about why God would want some women to become nuns.
(b) To value a book even though it is evil.
(c) To think about why one becomes a nun.
(d) To say which vow is the most difficult to keep.

7. What is one thing Margot learns about the Catholic Church?
(a) Its charitable works.
(b) Its deterioration.
(c) Its conservatism.
(d) Its politics.

8. Who does Margot meet one day later than originally scheduled?
(a) Eugene.
(b) Charles.
(c) Thomas.
(d) No one.

9. What does the train conductor tell Margot a bit later?
(a) She owes more money on her ticket.
(b) To return to her former compartment.
(c) The tracks are washed out where she is going and she has to disembark.
(d) Her stop is next.

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

11. What changed Margot's life shortly after going to Villa I Tatti?
(a) She miscarries.
(b) Her brother is killed.
(c) Her mother becomes gravely ill.
(d) Her boyfriend breaks off the engagement when he learns she is pregnant.

12. What does Lucia bring with her to a convent when she joins?
(a) Skepticism.
(b) Devotion to Mary.
(c) A rebellious attitude.
(d) A large dowry.

13. What do Margot and the person who introduces herself to Margot discuss?
(a) The city's need for more tourism.
(b) The difficulty of authenticating some of the paintings.
(c) The convent library.
(d) The difficulty of buying well-known artifacts.

14. What will happen when Margot goes to Italy?
(a) She will be in the running for a book award.
(b) Her fiance says he will end their engagement.
(c) She will lose her job in the States.
(d) Her father will disown her.

15. What did Alessandro do on the day of the flood?
(a) Begins an affair.
(b) Moves to higher quarters.
(c) Flies out of the city.
(d) Opens his apartment to others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Margot tell Postiglione came up with the drying process?

2. On what day does Professor Chapin leave Margot stranded?

3. Where does Margot finally disembark for good?

4. How does Margot replenish the supplies she needs for the library work?

5. Where in the United States does Margot Harrington live?

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