Italy/Italian
How do you pronounce "Santa Croce"?
Sah-nta CRO-chay (even better if the "r" is a little rolled)
What was the most indispensable book an Edwardian traveler could possess?
A Baedeker
What is Charlotte's last name? ("Miss____")
Bartlett
Identify the speaker: "The signora had no business to do it. No business at all."
Miss Charlotte Bartlett
Forster often uses the word "muddle" to describe difficult situations. Word choice is also known as _________.
Diction
What is a "signora," and how do you pronounce it?
A woman. It's pronounced like "señora," but with an "i" at the beginning ("siñora")
Why is Charlotte traveling with Lucy? Why doesn't Lucy just go alone?
Charlotte is Lucy's chaperone -- it would be improper for a young, unmarried woman to travel alone in those days!
What is the name of the nice clergyman staying in the same pension as Lucy in Florence, whom she had met before?
Mr. Beebe
Identify the speaker: "I don’t require you to fall in love with my boy, but I do think you might try and understand him. You are nearer his age, and if you let yourself go I am sure you are sensible."
Mr. Emerson
In what perspective is A Room With a View Written? IE 1st person, 3d person limited, 3d person omniscient...?
3d person omniscient
What river runs through Florence?
The Arno River
a) 1701-1714
b) 1801 - 1814
c) 1901-1914
C! 1901-1914. The novel was published in 1908 and is supposed to have taken place around 1907.
Which "clever" female novelist does Lucy meet in Florence?
Miss Eleanor Lavish (OK if you just got first or last name)
Fill in the blank:
"I wonder how he has the effrontery to look me in the face, to dare to claim acquaintance with me. He was in my London parish long ago. The other day in Santa Croce, when he was with Miss Honeychurch, I snubbed him. Let him beware that he does not get more than a snub.”
“What?” cried Lucy, flushing.
“Exposure!” hissed Mr. ________.
Eager
What literary device can you find in this statement from Mr. Eager?
"We residents sometimes pity you poor tourists not a little—handed about like a parcel of goods from Venice to Florence, from Florence to Rome, living herded together in pensions or hotels..."
Simile
In which city does the book open? And to which city do Lucy and Charlotte "flee" after George "insults" Lucy?
Florence; Rome (to stay with the Vyses)
In Edwardian terms, what is an "advantageous match"?
A marriage to someone wealthier or better-connected
The Miss Alans
Identify the speaker: "Anything is fair that punishes a snob."
Cecil Vyse (ironically!)
Mr. Beebe's statement, “If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her,” is an example of ____________.
Foreshadowing
When Cecil announces his engagement to Lucy, he does so with an Italian phrase. What does he say? (Hint: The Betrothed)
I promessi sposi (alluding to the Italian book The Betrothed)
During which time were young women "introduced" to society and the monarch? (Only mentioned in one footnote about Mrs. Vyse, clarifying that it is not a reference to the weather, but the London _____)
The London Season
What was the nickname of the Italian driver who was getting a little too close to his "sister"? To what story does his name allude?
Phaethon, referencing the Greek myth about the son of Helios. Phaethon took his father's sun chariot for a drive but lost control, crashing into things all over the place ("and that's why we have deserts"...)
Identify the speaker:
“Beware! They are certain to have canaries. Sir Harry, beware of canaries: they spit the seed out through the bars of the cages and then the mice come. Beware of women altogether. Only let to a man.”
Mrs. Honeychurch
What literary device is at work here?
"In January he would rescue his Leonardo from this stupefying twaddle."
Metaphor (Lucy IS a Leonardo)