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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lily Bart waiting for a train when she is first introduced in the book?
(a) She is waiting for an old friend.
(b) She is going to work.
(c) She is going on vacation.
(d) She is going to a social engagement.

2. What is the result of Lily's activities the first night of the party?
(a) She gambles and loses most of her money.
(b) She repeats a hurtful rumor.
(c) She finds the man she wishes to marry.
(d) She is banished from the party for cheating.

3. What happens while Lily is deep in thought on Sunday morning before church?
(a) She misses the bus to church.
(b) She misses spending time with Lawrence Selden and Bertha Dorset.
(c) She misses Gus Trenor whom she wanted to ask for a loan.
(d) She is late for breakfast, risking her social standing.

4. Who is Mrs. Van Osburgh?
(a) Lily's aunt, with whom she resides.
(b) The hostess of the party at Bellomont.
(c) A wealthy social rival of Mrs. Trenor.
(d) A divorced party guest.

5. How does Lily feel about Gerty's living conditions at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is afraid for Gerty.
(b) She envies Gerty's situation.
(c) She feels sympathy toward her.
(d) She looks down on Gerty's situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily want from Lawrence at the beginning of the story?

2. Why is Lily angry with herself following the meeting with Simon Rosedale as she was leaving Lawrence Selden's apartment building?

3. Who interrupts Lily's flirtations with Percy on the train?

4. Who is Gerty Farish?

5. Whom did the hostess of the party promise Mrs. George Dorset would be at the party?

(see the answer key)

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