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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Newland and May on their betrothal visits?
(a) Countess Olenska
(b) Mrs. Archer
(c) Countess Olenska
(d) Mrs. Welland

2. Who has filed a petition for divorce in Chapter 11?
(a) Janey Archer
(b) Regina Beaufort
(c) Mrs. Welland
(d) Ellen Olenska

3. What does May suspect about Newland?
(a) That he is gay
(b) That he is having financial problems
(c) That he is having second thoughts about marrying her
(d) That he is still in love with another woman

4. Where is Ellen when Newland finds her at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Sitting in front of a fire
(b) Playing the piano
(c) Reading a book
(d) Walking in the snow

5. Who dines at the Archer household the night after the ball?
(a) Countess Olenska
(b) Julius and Regina Beaufort
(c) Mr. and Mrs. van der Luyden
(d) Mr. Stillerton Jackson

6. Who do Newland and May visit first on their betrothal visits?
(a) Mrs. Archer
(b) Mrs. Mingott
(c) Countess Olenska
(d) Mrs. Welland

7. In what decade does this story begin?
(a) 1820s
(b) 1790s
(c) 1870s
(d) 1850s

8. What is May's position on the length of their engagement?
(a) She is ready to call off the engagement
(b) She would also prefer a shorter engagement
(c) A long engagement is expected in their social class
(d) She is ready to elope at any time

9. With whom did Newland have an affair at one time?
(a) A married woman
(b) Christine Beaufort
(c) Elaine van der Luyden
(d) Ellen Olenska

10. Why does Mrs. Mingott not leave her house?
(a) She is blind
(b) She is too obese
(c) She is paralyzed
(d) She is a hermit

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

12. What is Newland's objection to handling the divorce?
(a) His case load is too heavy
(b) He is practically family
(c) He does not handle divorce cases
(d) He has a conflict of interest

13. What does Newland send to Ellen?
(a) Pink roses
(b) Earrings
(c) Theater tickets
(d) A note

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

15. Who does not attend Newland and May's wedding?
(a) Countess Oleska
(b) The Astors
(c) The van der Luydens
(d) Count Oleska

Short Answer Questions

1. What angers Newland when he arrives at the answer to #43?

2. Ellen's aunt tells her that someone has sent her ______________________.

3. Who hosts Newland and May at their accommodations?

4. What is the general consensus about Countess Olenska?

5. What does the answer to #73 ask Newland?

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