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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) Virginibus Puerisque.
(b) Hazlitt essays.
(c) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(d) Leigh Hunt essays.

2. Cecily sends Helene photos that show her husband is what?
(a) In France.
(b) In the RAF.
(c) In prison.
(d) In a wheelchair.

3. How does Frank sign off in most his letters to Helene?
(a) Yours faithfully.
(b) Regards.
(c) With highest regard.
(d) Sincerely.

4. Where does Helene think the first edition Frank sent her in 1950 belongs?
(a) A museum.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) The garbage.
(d) A library in an English estate.

5. What kind of England does Helene dream of finding?
(a) One from English literature.
(b) One found in the letters.
(c) One from history books.
(d) One from old war movies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cecily invites Helene to stay with her parents where?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?

4. How long does it take Helene to get a reply from Marks & Co. to her first letter?

5. Whose diary does Helene request Frank send her to help her through the long winter evenings?

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