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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 283 - 348).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a journalist admonish Agnes when she goes to Paris alone?
(a) Wait until she starts smoking.
(b) Wait until she meets older men.
(c) Wait until she meets other writers.
(d) Wait until she starts drinking.

2. What does Agnes say she would rather have than a marriage?
(a) A farm.
(b) A house.
(c) A job.
(d) A child.

3. How does Mrs. Townsend invade Agnes's privacy in terms of correspondence?
(a) She insists on writing all of Anges's replies as if she herself is Agnes.
(b) She insists on reading all of the letters people send to Agnes.
(c) She does not invade Agnes's privacy.
(d) She insists on listening in on Agnes's phone calls.

4. Who goes to Paris in May in Part I?
(a) M. Devaux and the narrator.
(b) Fabienne and her father.
(c) M. Devaux and Fabienne.
(d) Just the narrator.

5. Why does Fabienne want to have her picture taken with Agnes?
(a) There is no reason she gives.
(b) They are both pretty.
(c) They have never had their picture taken together.
(d) They are sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Earl like to do with the narrator when they first get to America?

2. Whose neck does Agnes imagine Fabienne wringing?

3. What does Agnes think she should write for her own book?

4. Who narrates the story?

5. Who says Agnes is too modest for a literary star?

(see the answer key)

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