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ROMAN FEVER - A TEMPORARY MATTER

Authored by Peter Witkowsky

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Wharton’s “Roman Fever” was first published in 1935 and is set at about the same time.  Approximately when did Mrs. Slade (Alida) and Mrs. Ansley (Grace) first visit Rome, setting the current events in motion?

1880

1895

1910

1925

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When Mrs. Slade observes that “it’s still the most beautiful view in the world,” Mrs. Ansley replies, “It always will be, to me.”  Mrs. Slade thinks she hears a slight stress on one of the words.  Which one?

always

will

be

me

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where did Grace end up meeting Delphin, unbeknownst to Alida?

the Coloseum

his hotel

the Trevi Fountain

the Spanish Steps

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Grace is doing something with her hands virtually the whole time she is talking to Alida—what?

tapping nervously

knitting

arranging flowers

doodling

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False?  The last paragraph of the story makes it absolutely clear (no doubt at all) that Babs is Delphin Slade’s child.

True

False

Answer explanation

The key word seems to be “had.”  Does she mean it in the sense, “I had a daughter to love and who loves me and who even you seem to recognize is superior to your own child”?  Or does she mean “I bore her; I ‘had’ a baby, your husband’s baby”?

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How long before the present action of Jhumpa Lahiri’s “A Temporary Matter” did Shoba and Shukumar lose their child?

one month

six months

one year

two years

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During this period, Shukumar has been doing (or not doing) his school work . . .

at the kitchen table

at his carrel at the University library

in bed

at a desk in what was supposed to have been the baby’s room

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