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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. Which of the following does John not imagine May does in regards to the home she is staying at in Chapter 1?
(a) The styles of the furniture.
(b) The authorship of the pictures.
(c) The favorite haunts of the ghost.
(d) The color of the walls.

2. Which of the following does John not mention regarding "the thing that waited" and it's jurisdiction to him in Chapter 3?
(a) Within touch or reach.
(b) Within an inch.
(c) Within sight or sound.
(d) By any chance of a truth.

3. What does John describe as the frugal way he finishes his evenings with May?
(a) With supper.
(b) With dessert.
(c) With drinks.
(d) With dancing.

4. What does May tell the narrator she will do with him at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Wait for him.
(b) Help him.
(c) Watch with him.
(d) Marry him.

5. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?
(a) Calm.
(b) Happy.
(c) Settled.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality of May's does John claim she has "finer" than him?

2. What does John say was the reason he was at the house in Chapter 1?

3. What does John say an outlook geared towards talking about his secret with May would cause him to have?

4. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"

5. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of John's talk of time and fate near the end of Chapter 3?

2. How does May say John described his secret to her when they first met?

3. In what ways does John describe how his change from his old self is final and absolute in Chapter 5?

4. In what way does John say the "Beast" had "sprung" near the end of Chapter 6?

5. What type of things does the narrator describe May does with the guests of the luncheon in Chapter 1?

6. What is the nature of John and May's discussion after she tells him the thing he had been waiting for had come in Chapter 5?

7. How does John describe May's nerves in Chapter 3?

8. How does May respond when John asks her what saved her in Chapter 3?

9. What is the nature of John's realization in regards to passion in Chapter 6?

10. What does the narrator say the guests of the luncheon do after they have finished eating near the beginning of Chapter 1?

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