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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1949 - 1950.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Leigh Hunt essays.
(b) Hazlitt essays.
(c) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(d) Virginibus Puerisque.

2. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Cambridge.

3. Where did Helene's friend Brian go to get a money order to send to London?
(a) Times Square.
(b) 42nd Street.
(c) 17th Street.
(d) Rockefeller Plaza.

4. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?
(a) Ben Marks.
(b) Megan Wells.
(c) Frank Doel.
(d) Her parents.

5. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?
(a) Twelve.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cecily's children enjoy most from Helene's Easter package?

2. What month and year does Helene start her correspondence with Marks & Co.?

3. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?

4. What anthology does Helene request Frank send her in late 1950?

5. What is the long length of time that passes between letters from Marks & Co. in 1950?

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