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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears at the party at Bellomont at the end of the third day?
(a) Lawrence Selden.
(b) Simon Rosedale.
(c) Percy Gryce.
(d) Gus Trenor.

2. Why does Lily join a party with Carry Fischer and another couple in the Adirondacks?
(a) Lily needs to take a vacation.
(b) Lily wants to spend the money she received from Gus Trenor.
(c) Lily has no other social engagements.
(d) Lily wants to get away from Gus Trenor.

3. Why is Lily Bart waiting for a train when she is first introduced in the book?
(a) She is going to work.
(b) She is going on vacation.
(c) She is going to a social engagement.
(d) She is waiting for an old friend.

4. What does Gerty Farish tell Lily about Percy Gryce?
(a) Percy is interested in Miss Van Osburgh.
(b) Percy is planning on proposing to Lily.
(c) Percy is planning on proposing to Gerty.
(d) Percy lost his fortune and is penniless.

5. How does Lily feel when she learns that Gus Trenor told Simon Rosedale about their financial arrangement?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Betrayed.
(d) Suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does The House of Mirth take place?

2. What does Mrs. Trenor tell Lily after Bertha Dorset talks to Percy Gryce about her?

3. Why does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily, instead of Carry Fischer, to go to the train station to pick up her husband ?

4. How does Lily spend the first night of the party at Bellomont?

5. What is Lily's plan for Percy Gryce whom she meets while on the train to Bellomont?

(see the answer key)

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