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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helene do with the gift that Joncour gives her after his first trip to Japan?
(a) She puts it in a trunk for her daughter.
(b) She wears it to parties.
(c) She wears it all the time.
(d) She never wears it.

2. Where does Joncour take his wife on their first summer trip in the novel?
(a) To Japan.
(b) To Egypt.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To the French Riviera.

3. Whose house does Joncour buy?
(a) Helene's parents' house.
(b) Baldabiou.
(c) His father's house.
(d) Jean Berbeck's.

4. What work does the Englishman do that Joncour meets in the Japanese village?
(a) He is a silk trader.
(b) He sells guns.
(c) He sells furs.
(d) He sells pots and pans.

5. What year is it when the novel begins?
(a) 1761.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1801.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activities do Helene and Joncour do while staying at the villa?

2. What happens to Joncour's neighbor in the end?

3. How many years ago did Baldabiou come to town?

4. When Joncour tries to communicate with the mistress in front of Hara Kei, what does he say to Joncour?

5. What present does the mistress have for Joncour after the party at Hara Kei's house?

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