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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. During the Ashburnham's last night at Nauheim, what does Leonora Ashburnham suggest to her husband?
(a) That he take Nancy Rufford out for some fun.
(b) That he pray to God and ask for His forgiveness.
(c) That he button his cuff links.
(d) That he kill Florence Dowell.

2. According to John Dowell, why is Leonora Ashburnham to blame for the destruction of her own marriage?
(a) Because she is overweight.
(b) Because she is Protestant..
(c) Because she is a pushover.
(d) Because she is Catholic.

3. At school, what does Nancy repeatedly do?
(a) Wears the same stockings.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Breaks the same school rule.
(d) Kisses one of her professors.

4. In Part 4, Chapter 5, Captain Edward Ashburnham gives a woman a large sum of money. How much money does Edward give the woman?
(a) Four hundred pounds.
(b) Two hundred pounds.
(c) One hundred pounds.
(d) Three hundred pounds.

5. On the morning Leonora Ashburnham is bedridden, what does Nancy Rufford realize after reading the newspaper?
(a) That Captain Edward Ashburnham is free to love someone other than his wife.
(b) That Edward Ashburnham is her biological father.
(c) That all men are fools.
(d) That Edward Ashburnham is planning to kill his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following afflictions causes Leonora Ashburnham to be bedridden:

2. In Part 3, Chapter 4, Captain Edward Ashburnham has a series of daydreams. What does Captain Edward Ashburnham imagine in his daydreams?

3. What title does Leonora Ashburnham's father go by?

4. In Monte Carlo, what expensive gift does Captain Edward Ashburnham buy the courtesan with whom he is obsessed?

5. Which of the following best describes Leonora Ashburnham's reaction to Captain Edward Ashburnham's relationship with Nancy Rufford:

Short Essay Questions

1. If Leonora has been so patient and accommodating of Captain Edward Ashburnham's actions, why is Leonora unable to forgive Edward for giving money to the woman accused of murdering a baby?

2. Do you think Nancy is a good judge of character?

3. Why does John Dowell dislike Rodney Bayham?

4. Given Captain Edward Ashburnham's adulterous history, why does Leonora Ashburnham send Edward and Nancy to a concert together?

5. Why do you suppose Leonora Ashburnham never turned to her family for advice on her marriage?

6. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what is John Dowell's motivation for blaming both Leonora Ashburnham and Florence Dowell for the downfall of the Ashburnham marriage and not Captain Edward Ashburnham?

7. How has Captain Edward Ashburnham changed since his youth?

8. In Part 4, Chapter 5, John Dowell claims that he is jealous of Leonora Ashburnham. What reason does John have for being jealous of Leonora?

9. John Dowell describes Nancy Rufford as a young and exuberant Catholic school girl. Is Nancy as pious and righteous as her religious upbringing might suggest?

10. What must Nancy reject in order to make her decision to meet her mother in Glasgow?

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