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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. How does Catherine feel about Herr Klesmer?
(a) She really loves him very deeply.
(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 loves him madly and is obsessed with him to a point of being unhealthy.

2. What does Rex tell Anna that he is going to do after he is rebuffed by her?
(a) Jump off a bridge.
(b) Propose again every day until she says "yes".
(c) Never love anyone else.
(d) Move to Canada.

3. How do Reverend and Mrs. Gascoigne react to Gwendolyn when they learn of her engagement to Grandcourt?
(a) They congratulate her.
(b) They are not sure what to think.
(c) They are horribly embarrassed.
(d) They are furiously angry.

4. What relationship does Ezra first claim to have with Mordecai?
(a) He claims not to know Mordecai at all.
(b) He claims that Mordecai is a long-lost uncle.
(c) He claims that Mordecai is a former employee.
(d) He claims that he found Mordecai homeless on the street one day, and decided to take him in.

5. What information does Lush discover about Gwendolyn's family while Grandcourt remains in Paris?
(a) That they are planning to kidnap and possibly kill Lush.
(b) That they are very, very wealthy.
(c) That they are facing financial ruin.
(d) That they are fleeing from Grandcourt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra Cohen do for a living?

2. Why does Gwendolyn have to leave the city and the gambling so suddenly?

3. What does Gwendolyn think that she must do if she is going to win spectacularly?

4. What does Mordecai ask Daniel when they first meet one another?

5. Following Catherine's announcement that she plans to marry Herr Klesmer, what do her parents do as soon as she leaves the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gwendolyn think that her family will travel abroad after she leaves Grandcourt before he can propose?

2. What does the letter that Gwendolyn receives on the night she gambles say?

3. In contrast to what she originally believed, what does Mirah quickly learn about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

4. What does Daniel tell Sir Hugo about Grandcourt's reaction to the proposed settlement?

5. What happens when Rex tries to go hunting with Gwendolyn?

6. Why is Anna a little disappointed to hear of Gwendolyn's engagement?

7. How does Mrs. Davilow respond to Gwendolyn's question about illegitimate children?

8. What does the letter that Lydia includes in the package with the diamonds that she sends to Gwendolyn say?

9. What does Grandcourt think that he needs to do in order to gain Gwendolyn's forgiveness as he learns that Gwendolyn has left town before he has had the opportunity to propose?

10. What does Mrs. Meyrick believe about Mirah when she takes her in?

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