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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Florence use to frantically wipe herself off after the calamity of the couple's first sexual experience?
(a) A pillow.
(b) Her dress.
(c) A sheet.
(d) A robe.

2. How often does Florence's family's housekeeper come to their home?
(a) Every weekday.
(b) Daily.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Weekly.

3. What is NOT one of Florence's favorite actions that the other girls at her hostel take?
(a) They meet every morning for prayers.
(b) They bring blankets and fruit to ill girls.
(c) They are kind.
(d) They celebrate the other girls' birthdays.

4. When Florence whispers her feeling to Edward, she thinks that her words hiss "in her mouth like those of a" (103) what?
(a) A stage villain.
(b) A puff adder.
(c) Spurned lover.
(d) A carnival barker.

5. What item of Harold Mather's gets broken when he is bullied by a passerby in Soho?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His magnifying glass.
(c) His backpack strap.
(d) His stein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Edward finally realize Harold Mather is experiencing in relation to Edward's treatment of the bully?

2. Edward feels that to not get undressed before the consummation of his and Florence's marriage would be what?

3. What is the main reason that Edward accepts Florence's invitation to attend a quartet rehearsal?

4. What is NOT presented as a possible cause of the "sound of several waves breaking in succession" (102)?

5. The narrator reports that when Edward stares at Florence, she does not take what action that every other girl takes when he stares at them?

(see the answer key)

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