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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gwendolyn first feel about the idea of a proposal that is expected to come from Grandcourt?
(a) She hopes that he does not ask so that she doesn't have to refuse him.
(b) She is acting uninterested, but really feels like an excited little girl.
(c) She wants to say yes, but cannott bring herself to make that decision.
(d) She can hardly contain herself, she is so excited.

2. What does Gwendolyn tell Grandcourt right after she meets Lydia Glasher?
(a) That she never wants to see him again.
(b) That he can visit her the next day.
(c) That he is a lying cheat.
(d) That she wants to get married that very night.

3. 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 really loves him very deeply.
(c) She loves him a little bit and is unsure.
(d) She doesn't like him, but thinks that she may grow to love him.

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

5. Why does Grandcourt expect Daniel to be jealous?
(a) Because he is much more handsome.
(b) Because he is very famous for his poetry.
(c) Because he has much greater success with women.
(d) Because he is inheriting the baronetcy that could easily have been his.

6. Where does Daniel first encounter Mordecai?
(a) At a bookstore.
(b) Randomly on the street.
(c) At the farmers' market.
(d) At the butcher shop.

7. How does Daniel feel about gambling?
(a) He finds it incredibly boring.
(b) He does not enjoy it because his win is someone else's loss.
(c) He is currently addicted to it, and is heavily in debt.
(d) He used to be addicted to it, so he cannot play anymore.

8. Why is the name, "Ezra", significant in the book?
(a) It is the name of a messenger boy who works for Daniel.
(b) It is the name of Daniel's lost brother.
(c) It is the name of a boy who has a crush on Mirah.
(d) It is the name of Mirah's lost brother.

9. How does Gwendolyn react to what Lydia Glasher tells her when they first meet?
(a) She remains cool and collected.
(b) She bursts into tears and has to be taken to a doctor.
(c) She pretends not to understand English.
(d) She becomes furiously, violently angry.

10. How does Anna appear - at least on the outside - when she sees Gwendolyn and learns of her engagement?
(a) She is polite and congratulatory.
(b) She is angry, even though she is secretly excited.
(c) Her eyes well up with tears, but she does not say anything.
(d) She is standoffish.

11. What hotel does Mr. Lush settle his "mystery guest" in as Grandcourt is preparing to propose to Gwendolyn?
(a) The Leaky Cauldron.
(b) The Hampton Inn.
(c) The Golden Keys.
(d) The Oxford Inn.

12. Following Catherine's announcement that she plans to marry Herr Klesmer, what do her parents do as soon as she leaves the room?
(a) Her mother faints; and her father punches a window out of anger.
(b) Call all of their friends and family because they are so happy about the engagement.
(c) Nothing; they do not talk, and pretend as though nothin happened.
(d) Discuss what they are going to do with their property.

13. What does Grandcourt assure Lydia of after he tells her that he has become engaged to Gwendolyn?
(a) That he will never see her again.
(b) That she must now address him as a boss and not a lover.
(c) That he really wishes that he were engaged to her instead.
(d) That he will continue to take care of her and the children.

14. 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 Gwendolyn to be his bride.
(d) Choose Anna to be his bride.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Herr Klesmer respond when he hears Gwendolyn perform?

2. Which two characters does Daniel come to realize to be living together?

3. What does Ezra Cohen do for a living?

4. Why does Gwendolyn say that she cannot dance with Grandcourt at the ball?

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

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