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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 is neither great nor terrible that Margot experiences?
(a) The drawings she makes of the canal system in Venice.
(b) Being lovers with Professor Chapin.
(c) The drawings she makes of several pictures in the Louvre.
(d) The work she does translating.

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

3. How does Margot manage to get back on the train?
(a) The conductor pulls her up onto the car as the train is barely moving.
(b) She jumps and the young man she saw earlier grabs her hands.
(c) Someone pulls the emergency stop cord.
(d) She yells just as the conductor is about to signal the all-clear to the engineer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the nuns show Margot?

2. Who does Margot encounter when she changes compartments on the train?

3. What does Margot do while riding the train?

4. What has been discovered in the library?

5. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Margot drawn to some frescoes she views in the convent and how is that uncharacteristic of her?

2. What does Margot's new living quarters remind her of and how does she change that?

3. Who is Margeaux, and describe a scene that Margeaux is good at.

4. What do Margot and Madre Badessa discuss concerning the nuns' vows?

5. Describe Margot's discussion of the library with Madre Badessa.

6. What are Margot's impressions of Professor Eugene Chapin?

7. What is the significance of Harvard University to Margot?

8. How does the situation about the cassette tapes affect Margot's life even years later?

9. What does Margot decide to do in Chapter 1 and who is against her doing so?

10. What does Margot discover about the book that the Abbess gives into Margot's care?

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