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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. What reason does the narrator give for both Florence and Edward's lack of hunger on the night after their wedding?
(a) The couple is too excited for the move into their new home the following week.
(b) The hotel dinner is unappetizing.
(c) The couple is too nervous about consummating their marriage.
(d) The wedding lunch had been large.

2. What item does Edward always keep in his jacket pocket?
(a) A paperback book.
(b) A bottle opener.
(c) A letter opener.
(d) A handkerchief.

3. What is NOT one of Florence's duties in her part-time job at Wigmore Hall?
(a) Opening the door as the artists leave the stage.
(b) Turning pages for the pianists.
(c) Making tea for the performers.
(d) Selling tickets.

4. What is NOT named as an example of Florence's clumsy nature?
(a) Stubbing her toe.
(b) Bumping her head.
(c) Knocking things over.
(d) Falling down stairs.

5. In what year do Florence and Edward both attend the same protest in Trafalgar Square?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of Florence's favorite actions that the other girls at her hostel take?

2. Which composer is NOT listed among Florence's favorites?

3. With whom does Edward lodge during his college years?

4. What body of water does Chesil Beach border?

5. When Florence and Edward are briefly alone during their wedding night dinner, what phrase does Edward whisper "for the hundredth time that day" (14)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Edward's suggestion that the couple go downstairs to listen to the news on the radio properly?

2. How is irony employed within the narrator's description of the moment Edward asks Florence to marry him?

3. For what reasons does Florence say it is harder for her to contradict her father, Geoffrey, than it is for her to contradict her mother Violet?

4. What is the sole location that Florence and Edward determine is the only instance when they were in the same place at the same time before meeting?

5. What example does the author provide to support the claim that Florence has come to find life within her family home as unbearably oppressive?

6. How is foreshadowing present within the narrator's description of Florence's attitude toward arguments?

7. What technique does Florence use in order to conceal her feelings from her family?

8. What distinction does the narrator make between Florence's wedding night anxieties and Edward's wedding night anxieties?

9. What phenomenon does Florence witness when it comes to girls her age getting boyfriends and how does her realization shape her behavior?

10. How is the theme of misunderstanding portrayed within the narrator's explanation of Edward's mistaking Florence's shyness "for a form of coyness" (25)?

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