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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. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?
(a) Fountainbleu.
(b) Terra.
(c) Weatherend.
(d) Le Manse.

2. What "excavation" does May say she and the narrator took "refuge" in when they first met?
(a) Rome.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Athens.
(d) Pompeii.

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. What does John describe as the frugal way he finishes his evenings with May?
(a) With drinks.
(b) With supper.
(c) With dancing.
(d) With dessert.

5. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?
(a) Haunted.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Famous.
(d) Magnificent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John claim May would feel if she gave up on discovering his secret before she dies in Chapter 3?

2. What does John say is a bigger failure than to be bankrupt, dishonored, pilloried or hanged?

3. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?

4. What does John say May's whole attitude was in Chapter 2?

5. Finish this sentence: "There have been days when I though you were, only of course, there have been days when we have thought almost _______."

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John react after learning of May's illness in Chapter 3?

2. How does John react towards May when she asks him if he remembers the nature of their conversation the first time they met in Italy?

3. What is the nature of the first "surprise" mentioned by John after he has learned of May's illness in Chapter 3?

4. What does John say in regards to May being "out of it" in Chapter 4?

5. Describe John's presence at May's grave at the end of Chapter 5.

6. What is John's reaction when May asks if it's her intimacy in question in Chapter 3?

7. How does John describe his "illumination" in regards to his secret in Chapter 6?

8. What does John do after he is turned away at May's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?

9. What does May say about dull women on her birthday in Chapter 2?

10. How does John describe his and May's last meeting in Chapter 5?

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