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

2. Which character discovers Florence Dowell's dead body?
(a) Captain Edward Ashburnham.
(b) Nancy Rufford.
(c) John Dowell.
(d) Leonora Ashburnham.

3. Which best describes the social views and character of Florence Dowell's family?
(a) Liberal and progressive.
(b) Religious and moralistic.
(c) Conservative and old-fashioned.
(d) Monarchal and feudal.

4. Why does Captain Edward Ashburnham receive a decoration from the military?
(a) For his excellence in marksmanship.
(b) For rescuing two men who had fallen overboard from a ship.
(c) For his extraordinary bravery in battle.
(d) For rescuing a fellow solder who had been held captive by enemies abroad.

5. What term does John Dowell use to refer to the ambiguous character introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) He refers to her as "the governess."
(b) He refers to him as "the gentleman."
(c) He refers to him as "the boy."
(d) He refers to her as "the girl."

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is it when John Dowell first hears of his wife's affair with Captain Edward Ashburnham?

2. According to Leonora Ashburnham, how does Florence Dowell die?

3. What is the date of Florence Dowell's death?

4. Soon after the Dowells are married, Florence Dowell asks her husband to hold something for her. What is the object Florence asks her husband to hold?

5. In the second chapter, it's revealed that John and Florence Dowell spend twelve years of their marriage doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the motivations of each character (Florence Dowell, John Dowell, Leonora Ashburnham, and Captain Edward Ashburnham) for taking the trip to the castle.

2. Describe the marriage between Leonora Ashburnham and Captain Edward Ashburnham.

3. According to John Dowell's point of view, what qualities define English culture?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 3, John Dowell recalls one particular dress his wife Florence wore during their stay at Nauheim. Describe the dress and its significance.

5. What is the significance behind the novel's title, The Good Soldier?

6. Florence Dowell proposes that she and Captain Edward Ashburnham should divorce their spouses and move to California. Why would divorcing her husband and moving to California with Edward be a sacrifice for Florence Dowell?

7. Why does Leonora Ashburnham become upset when Florence Dowell points to the document by Martin Luther, touches Edward's wrist and says, "It's because of that piece of paper that you're honest, sober, industrious, provident, and clean-lived. If it weren't for that piece of paper you'd be like the Irish or the Italians or the Poles, but particularly the Irish" ?

8. How is Florence Dowell's social behavior different from her family's?

9. Does Florence Dowell indeed have a heart condition?

10. Describe Nancy Rufford's relationship with Captain Edward Ashburnham.

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