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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"
(a) A family.
(b) A job.
(c) The hope of fortune.
(d) The dream of acquisition.

3. Complete this sentence: "Our habit saves you, at least, don't you see because it makes you, after all, for the ______, indistinguishable from other men."
(a) Tempted.
(b) Vulgar.
(c) Better.
(d) Worst.

4. What question does May ask the narrator three times at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) "Are you afraid?"
(b) "Are you ready?"
(c) "Is it soon?"
(d) "Has it passed?"

5. What does John say May's whole attitude was in Chapter 2?
(a) A mirage.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A curse.
(d) A virtual statement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say "lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years" in Chapter 2?

2. What circumstance does John say was "in the lap of the gods" and "touched him so nearly?"

3. What does the narrator say the guests who "took such matters with the last seriousness" give themselves up to in Chapter 1?

4. What does John say an outlook geared towards talking about his secret with May would cause him to have?

5. What does the book say May had secretly drawn around her near the end of Chapter 2?

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