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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does George Dorset invite Lily to in book 1, chapter 10?
(a) The opera.
(b) A prayer service.
(c) A party at his home.
(d) A party in the Adirondacks.

2. What does Lily hope will develop from the time she spent with Percy Gryce on the train to the party?
(a) Investment advice.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) An introduction to one of Percy's high-placed colleagues.
(d) An offer of a loan.

3. What is the result of Gus's violence toward Lily?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He orders Lily to leave the house.
(c) He pushes Lily down a flight of stairs.
(d) He discontinues his finanacial support.

4. In book 1, chapter 12, why does Gus Trenor criticize Lily after her participation in the party entertainment?
(a) For risking money playing bridge at the party.
(b) For showing too much of her body at the party.
(c) For attending the tasteless party.
(d) For speaking to too many other men at the party.

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

6. Why must Lily comply with Mrs. Trenor's request in book 1, chapter 4?
(a) She is the least wealthy member of her social group, so her soacial standing depends on helping Mrs. Trenor.
(b) Her aunt has become deathly ill and has no one else to care for her.
(c) Mrs. Trenor threatens to tell Percy Gryce that Lily is searching for a wealthy husband.
(d) Everyone at the party must take turns helping Mrs. Trenor.

7. When Lily arrives at the Trenor house, what does Gus Trenor first tell Lily about Mrs. Trenor?
(a) Mrs. Trenor is visiting friends out of town.
(b) Mrs. Trenor is ill upstairs.
(c) Mrs. Trenor wants a divorce.
(d) Mrs. Trenor is angry with Lily.

8. What does the note that Lily finds next to her bedside from Lawrence Selden say ?
(a) He tells her that he has proposed to Gerty Farish.
(b) He reveals that he knows about her financial arrangement with Gus Trenor.
(c) He tells her that he loves her.
(d) He wants to see her the next day.

9. What happens to Simon Rosedale's fortune as the stock market drops?
(a) His stock portfolio is cut in half.
(b) He loses everything.
(c) He breaks even.
(d) It grows.

10. Why does Lawrence Selden call Lily a coward during their walk?
(a) She says it would be risky for her to marry him.
(b) She won't tell Bertha Dorset what she really thinks of her.
(c) She lied to Percy about having a headache.
(d) She is afraid to ask Gus Trenor for a loan.

11. What do Lily and Lawrence Selden discover as they walk together on Sunday afternoon?
(a) They have nothing in common.
(b) They are both in love with other people.
(c) Their true feelings for each other.
(d) They share the same ideas of success in life.

12. Why does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily, instead of Carry Fischer, to go to the train station to pick up her husband ?
(a) Carry Fischer is too flirtatious.
(b) Carry Fischer has a questionable reputation.
(c) Carry Fischer always asks Gus Trenor for money.
(d) Gus specifically requests that Lily pick him up at the train station.

13. What does nouveau riche mean?
(a) Rich food.
(b) A novel about money.
(c) New money.
(d) A novel about rich people.

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

15. In book 1, chapter 12, why does Lawrence Selden congratulate Lily after her participation in the party entertainment ?
(a) Her success in charades.
(b) Her success in nouveau riche.
(c) Her success in tableaux vivants.
(d) Winning a large sum of money playing bridge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the note that Lily finds next to her bedside from Judy Trenor say ?

3. What does Lawrence Selden see when he goes to the Trenor house to look for Lily?

4. What problem might Lily have as shown by the results of her activities the first night of the party?

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

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