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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Newland sitting at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) The Mingott family opera box
(b) In his office
(c) At his desk at home
(d) At dinner with May

2. What does the answer to #73 ask Newland?
(a) Why he did not marry Ellen
(b) Where he and May will live
(c) What are his career goals
(d) Where he proposed to May

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

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

5. What is the general consensus about Countess Olenska?
(a) She is an undesirable person
(b) She is a valuable fundraiser
(c) She is a welcome change of pace
(d) She is extremely beautiful

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants the divorce case to be dropped?

2. In what city does the story take place?

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

4. What type of flowers does Newland send Ellen?

5. How does May react to Newland's request?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the opinion of Ellen held by the Archer family members?

2. Explain Newland's conflict in being asked to handle Ellen's divorce?

3. What convinces May that Newland really does want to marry her?

4. On what issue does Newland ask May to violate social norms?

5. Describe the Beauforts and their place in New York society.

6. How does Newland maintain a flirtation with Ellen?

7. How does Ellen exhibit unconventional behavior in public in Chapter 8?

8. What legal case is Newland asked to handle in which he feels a conflict of interest?

9. What is the setting for the story and the first chapter in particular?

10. What issue does Newland bring up again when he sees May?

(see the answer keys)

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