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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the Ashburnham's last night at Nauheim, what does Leonora Ashburnham see when she goes into her husband's room to check in on him?
(a) She discovers him smiling and praying.
(b) She discovers him praying with an expressionless look on his face.
(c) She discovers him praying in ecstasy.
(d) She discovers him sobbing and praying.

2. What is Nancy Rufford's religion?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Atheism.

3. In Chapter 5, what does Leonora Ashburnham discover about Captain Edward Ashburnham?
(a) That Edward has contracted syphilis.
(b) That Edward is being blackmailed over an affair.
(c) That Edward has fathered the child of another woman.
(d) That Edward is converting to Catholicism.

4. What does Leonora Ashburnham do to the young woman whom she sees leaving Captain Edward Ashburnham's room at Nauheim?
(a) She boxes the young woman's ears.
(b) She slaps the young woman in the face.
(c) She tackles the young woman.
(d) She pulls out the young woman's hair.

5. What is discovered about John Hurlbird's health after his death?
(a) That he had a heart condition.
(b) That he did not have a heart condition.
(c) That he had bronchitis and a heart condition.
(d) That he had neither bronchitis nor a heart condition.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5 it's revealed that Captain Edward Ashburnham had resigned from his military commission. For what reason does he resign?

2. What is Florence Dowell's relationship to John Hurlbird?

3. What does Miss Emily Hurlbird think John Dowell should do with the money he inherits from John Hurlbird's death?

4. On the Ashburnham's last night at Nauheim, which religious idol does Captain Edward Ashburnham pray to?

5. During Leonora Ashburnham's fight with a young woman at Nauheim, something gets stuck in the young woman's hair. Which object gets stuck in the woman's hair?

(see the answer key)

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