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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Newland consider his marriage to May to be?
(a) The perfect arrangement
(b) A match made in heaven
(c) A marriage of convenience
(d) A life of passion

2. What does Ellen tell Newland before leaving?
(a) That she expects he will call on her the next evening
(b) That she is sorry that they had not met many years ago
(c) That she thinks he is very handsome
(d) That she enjoyed his company at dinner

3. What type of flowers does Newland send to Ellen that night?
(a) Carnations
(b) Lilies of the Valley
(c) Tulips
(d) Roses

4. Where does Newland go the next evening?
(a) Ellen Olenska's house
(b) The opera
(c) The Oak Room
(d) His gentleman's club

5. What social impropriety does Ellen commit at the dinner party?
(a) She chews with her mouth open
(b) She approaches Newland to talk to him instead of being approached by him
(c) She drinks from the finger bowl
(d) She doesn't know which fork to use for her salad

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Newland pleasantly surprised to find out about Ellen?

2. Who is the main character who arrives late at the opera?

3. Of what action of Ellen's does Newland approve?

4. What is the opera being produced as the story begins?

5. Who do Newland and Mrs. Archer visit in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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