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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does May do when John places his hand on the arm of her chair in Chapter 5?
(a) Puts her hand on his.
(b) Kisses it.
(c) Holds it.
(d) Pushes it away.

2. What circumstance does John say was "in the lap of the gods" and "touched him so nearly?"
(a) His buying a new home.
(b) His job.
(c) May's new job.
(d) May's acquiring a house in London.

3. What does John say May talked with the perfect straightness of in Chapter 5?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A dart.
(c) A rod.
(d) A sibyl.

4. Where does John say he took May during their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) The Kensington Gallery.
(b) The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum.
(c) The National Museum.
(d) The botanical gardens.

5. What does John say were "washed like figures traced in the sea-sand?"
(a) His passion for life.
(b) Ideas about his secret.
(c) His love for May.
(d) May's love for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does John say he doesn't 't think a lady is meant to accompany him in Chapter 2?

2. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?

3. What does John say is the one desire he has left at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Complete this sentence: "I see of course what you mean by your ____ me, in this way and that."

5. Finish this sentence: "Assuredly--if you mean, as I do, something that includes all the loss and all the shame that are _______."

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