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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1949 - 1950.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?
(a) Latest edition bestsellers.
(b) Out-of-print books.
(c) Paperbacks.
(d) Rare collectors' editions.

2. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

3. What was the name of the professor who first got Helene interested in books?
(a) Couch Quinery.
(b) Quiller-Couch.
(c) Captain Quillen.
(d) Quentin Conch.

4. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?
(a) Rare and special.
(b) Expensive antiques.
(c) Aquarian booksellers.
(d) Antiquarian booksellers.

5. What type of place does Helene live in?
(a) A fifty-story high-rise.
(b) A two-story boarding house.
(c) A five-room house.
(d) A five-story brownstone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helene describes herself to Cecily as being about as smart looking as a________________.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?

3. What is the complete name of the anthology Helene requests Frank send her in late 1950?

4. Cecily's letter says that Mr. Martin thinks Helene has _____________.

5. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?

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