Quiz:Quiz:What Kind of What Kind of

Friend are You?Friend are You?

Question 1:What normally happens when you and a What normally happens when you and a

bunch of friends are deciding on a bunch of friends are deciding on a movie?movie?

a) If you do not like the choice, you gather a couple of your friends and see the movie you all really want to see.

b) We compromise.

c) You suggest the new blockbuster right away and get frustrated when someone says it sounds lame, but ultimately accept the suggestion.

d) You need to be noticed. What movie are all the hotties seeing?

Question 2:Which piece of literature best describes you and Which piece of literature best describes you and

your friends?your friends?a) The Outsiders

b) Disney’s Cinderella

c) Harry Potter

d) Just Desserts: Martha Stewart, the Unauthorized Biography

Question 3:Your best friend just called in tears… Your best friend just called in tears…

what do you do?what do you do?a) Find out what’s wrong, then assess whether or not you can help. If

not, you convince your friend that they’re overreacting.

b) Tell your friend to meet you for coffee to talk it out and discuss a solution

c) Drop everything and help your friend no matter what they need

d) Let your friend know there’s a new Baskin Robins open just by their house and that some ice cream might help. That’s sure to cheer them up.

Question 4:You borrowed (without permission) your You borrowed (without permission) your

friend’s favourite book. What do you friend’s favourite book. What do you say when they find out?say when they find out?

a) “But you’ve read it a million times. I didn’t think you would mind.”

b) “I am so sorry. I meant to leave a note.”

c) “I am so sorry. I’ll make it up to you.”

d) “It’s my boss’ favourite. I didn’t want to look like a total loser if she asks me about it!” Then say under your breath that you’re friends; why can’t you just take what you need?

Question 5:You do not like your best friend’s You do not like your best friend’s

boyfriend/girlfriend. What do you say boyfriend/girlfriend. What do you say when they ask your opinion of him/her?when they ask your opinion of him/her?

a) Tell your friend you really like him/her, then complain about him/her behind your friend’s back.

b) You don’t want to hurt your friend’s feelings, so you tell them something neutral and add that you need more time to think about it.

c) Your friend has to see something in this person, so you trust their opinion and tell your friend you really like him/her. You’ll try hard to like them.

d) Avoid answering the question then make a mental note to never be available to hang out with the two of them; you do NOT want to be seen with him/her!

ScoringIf you picked mostly A’s then you are a selfish friendIf you picked mostly B’s then you are thoughtful, caring friendIf you picked mostly C’s then you are a selfless, caring friendIf you picked mostly D’s then you are a selfish and heartless friend!

“Apennines from a Convent” by Russell Smith (1812-1896)

Mostly A’s - Schedoni

“Yet, not withstanding all this gloom and austerity, some rare occasions of interest had called forth a character upon his countenance entirely different; and he could adapt himself to the tempers and passions of persons, whom he wished to conciliate, with astonishing facility, and generally with complete triumph” (35).

“Vivaldi…now recoiled with involuntary emotions; and it seemed as if a shuddering presentiment of what this monk was preparing for him, had crossed his mind” (35).

“The tribunal pronounced sentence upon Schedoni, as the murderer of the Count his brother, and as this, the first charge, was sufficient for his condemnation to death, they did not proceed upon the second, that which related to his wife” (364).

“His eyes, while he spoke, were cast downward, and his features were fixed in an expression at once severe and crafty” (48).

Mostly B’s - Ellena“Her features were of the Grecian outline, and, though they expressed the tranquility of an elegant mind, her dark blue eyes sparkled with intelligence (6).

“She assisted to support this aged relative, whose sole property was the small estate on which they lived” (9).

“The glow of devotion…upon her countenance as she raised her eyes, and with a rapt earnestness fixed them on the heavens” (11-12)

“The light drapery of her dress, her whole figure, aid, and attitude, were such as might have been copied for a Grecian nymph” (12).

“Ellena, still weeping, and agitated by various considerations, spoke not, but withdrawing the handkerchief from her face, she looked at him through her tears, with a smile so meek, so affectionate, so timid, yet so confiding, as expressed all the mingled emotions of her heart, and appealed more eloquently to his, than the most energetic language could have done” (39).

Mostly C’s - Vivaldi

“Vincentio inherited much of the character of his father, and very little of that of his mother. His pride was as noble and generous as that of the Marchese; but he had somewhat of the fiery passions of the Marchesa, without any of her craft, her duplicity, or vindictive thirst for revenge. Frank in his temper, ingenuous in his sentiments, quickly offended, but easily appeased; irritated by any appearance of disrespect, but melted by concession, a high sense of honor rendered him no more jealous of offence, than a delicate humanity made him ready for reconciliation, and anxious to spare the feelings of others” (8).

“He was not of a figure to pass unobserved when seen, and Ellena had been struck by the spirit and dignity of his air, and by his countenance, so frank, noble, and full of that kind of expression, which announces the energies of the soul” (9).

“Vivaldi…immediately perceived her resolution beginning to yield, and he urged again every argument which was likely to prevail over [them getting married]. But the subject was too important for Ellena, to be immediately decided upon; he departed with only a faint assurance of encouragement; and she forbade him to return till the following day, when she would acquaint him with her final determination” (181).

“Who would discover and extricate her from any place of confinement, however obscure or difficult of access, to which she might be conveyed” (page 288)

Mostly D’s – The Marchesa

“She soon perceived that [Schedoni’s] talents promised to equal her wishes” (35).

“A philosopher might, perhaps, have been surprised to hear two persons seriously defining the limits of virtue, at the very moment in which they meditated the most atrocious crime; a man of the world would have considered it to be mere hypocrisy; a supposition which might have disclosed his general knowledge of manners, but would certainly have betrayed his ignorance of the human heart” (173).

“And, though her manners, like her dress, displayed the elegant negligence of the graces, they concealed the movements of a careful, and even a tortured heart” (292).

“The Marchesa, believing that her son was still engaged in pursuit of Ellena, made many inquiries concerning him, but without expressing any solicitude for his welfare” (296).

“The mother of Vivaldi, descended from a family as ancient as that of his father, was equally jealous of her importance; but her pride was that of birth and distinction, without extending to morals. She was of violent passions, haughty, vindictive, yet crafty and deceitful; patient in stratagem, and indefatigable in pursuit of vengeance, on the unhappy objects who provoked her resentment. She loved her son, rather as being the last of two illustrious houses, who was to re-unite and support the honour of both, than with the fondness of a mother” (7-8).

“Vivaldi liked the smile [of the Marchesa] still less than the frown” (48).

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