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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Grandcourt first sent away to school?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Eton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Oxford.

2. Where is Mirah when she decides to run away from her father?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Nice.
(d) Paris.

3. What do the Arrowpoints hope that Grandcourt will do when he arrives in town?
(a) Choose Lucinda to be his bride.
(b) Choose Catherine to be his bride.
(c) Choose Anna to be his bride.
(d) Choose Gwendolyn to be his bride.

4. How does Sir Hugo find out about Gwendolyn and Grandcourt's engagement?
(a) He hears it in person.
(b) From the newspaper.
(c) The Reverend announces it after Sunday worship service.
(d) By letter.

5. According to Mrs. Davilow, what two options are available as a profession for Gwendolyn?
(a) Being a teacher in a school or a governess to a family.
(b) Being a teacher in a university or a professor at an all-girls school.
(c) Being a nurse in a hosptial or a nun in a church.
(d) Being a painter in a museum or a singer in a choir.

6. Where do Gwendolyn and Grandcourt go once they are married?
(a) To London.
(b) To Paris.
(c) To his estate at Ryelands.
(d) To Nice.

7. What does Gwendolyn tell Herr Klesmer that she wants to do in order to earn money for her family?
(a) Finally talk about the money that she has been hiding away.
(b) Sell all of her jewelry.
(c) Become a prostitute.
(d) Go onstage.

8. Who greets Grandcourt when he goes calling to Gwendolyn's house the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?
(a) No one; no one is home.
(b) Gwendolyn's mother.
(c) Gwendolyn herself; she is alone at home.
(d) The Reverend.

9. How does Gwendolyn react to Grandcourt's offer to put her jacket on her after the ball?
(a) She gets too embarassed and leaves hurriedly -- without her coat.
(b) She accepts.
(c) She snubs him.
(d) She doesn't even bother looking at him for a response.

10. How does Catherine feel about Herr Klesmer?
(a) She loves him madly and is obsessed with him to a point of being unhealthy.
(b) She loves him a little bit and is unsure.
(c) She doesn't like him, but thinks that she may grow to love him.
(d) She really loves him very deeply.

11. Where does Gwendolyn tell her mother that she is going the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?
(a) No one knows; she just disappears from everyone's sight.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) On her honeymoon.
(d) To join friends in Dover.

12. Why does Lush advise against Grandcourt proposing to Gwendolyn after Grandcourt arrives in Offendene from Paris?
(a) Because he will now have to assume financial responsibility for Gwendolyn's family.
(b) Because he realizes that Gwendolyn is very spoiled and rude.
(c) Because he has had a dream that something bad happens, although he doesn't know what the bad occurrence is.
(d) Because he thinks that his life will be in danger.

13. What does Gwendolyn notice about Grandcourt during the ball?
(a) That he keeps tripping whenever she gets close.
(b) That he is paying attention to every other girl at the ball but her.
(c) That he keeps leaving the room and returning.
(d) That he is watching her often.

14. With whom has Gwendolyn come to the city to gamble?
(a) Some extended family members.
(b) No one.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Daniel.

15. What does Mirah's father teach her when she is young?
(a) Theater.
(b) Math.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal items does Gwendolyn give to her mother so that she can sell them and earn extra money?

2. Why does Daniel find his mission of pawning a ring to Ezra unsatisfactory?

3. What is the reason that Mrs. Davilow tells Gwendolyn that they are not going to be traveling or moving abroad?

4. How does Gwendolyn first feel about the idea of a proposal that is expected to come from Grandcourt?

5. What animal does Gwendolyn want that Reverend Gascoigne cannot buy for his own daughter?

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