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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does John say May cannot simply be a mere confidant in Chapter 2?
(a) Because of her interest in his predicament.
(b) Because he doesn't trust her.
(c) Because she doesn't trust him.
(d) Because she is a woman.

2. What does May say to John regarding his secret at the very end of Chapter 2?
(a) "What do you think of this?"
(b) "It's going to be soon."
(c) "You'll never find out."
(d) "It will be fine."

3. What does the narrator say cast "the long shadow in which he had lived" and had "almost no margin left?"
(a) His love.
(b) His hope.
(c) The love in May's heart.
(d) The great vagueness.

4. On what does John say he doesn't 't think a lady is meant to accompany him in Chapter 2?
(a) Important matters.
(b) A witch hunt.
(c) A tiger hunt.
(d) A soul search.

5. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?
(a) Calm.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Settled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he will profit extraordinarily little from in Chapter 5?

2. What does John have a "dreadful sense" of in Chapter 5?

3. What does John say is the one desire he has left at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?

5. How is the cemetery in which May was buried in London described in Chapter 5?

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