1. What double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?
(a) He delivers the flowers for Ernestina and an invitation to a dance for Mary.
(b) He delivers Charles' bouquet for Ernestina and a smaller one for Mary, the maid.
(c) He delivers the flowers along with a singing telegram.
(d) He recites a poem to Mary as he gives her the flowers for Ernestina.

2. How did Charles' father rid him of the desire to become a priest?
(a) By sending him to Paris for six months.
(b) By increasing his allowance.
(c) By taking Charles to a brothel.
(d) By threatening to cut off his inheritance.

3. What is Charles' plan for maintaining distance from Sarah.
(a) To put a time limit on their meetings.
(b) To avoid her at all costs.
(c) To tell Ernestina all about his meetings with her.
(d) To gently remind her of their social difference.

4. What kind of morning greets Charles as he begins his walk to meet Sarah?
(a) It is cold and threatening, making Charles feel as though he is walking into an icy death.
(b) It is a foggy morning that compared to the blindness Charles feels about himself.
(c) It is gray and rainy, symbolic of the gloom into which he is walking.
(d) It is beautiful and serene, leaving Charles feeling as though it were for him paradise lost.

5. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?
(a) Looks of revulsion.
(b) An approval of Mrs. Poulteney.
(c) An invitation and acceptance of a visit to Mrs. Tranter's house.
(d) A challenge of sorts to see who would break first.