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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1949 - 1950.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Greed.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Inertia.

2. How does Frank sign off in most his letters to Helene?
(a) Yours faithfully.
(b) With highest regard.
(c) Sincerely.
(d) Regards.

3. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Cambridge.

4. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?
(a) How many Christian relatives Helene has.
(b) How badly they treat Jews.
(c) How badly they translated the Latin Bible.
(d) How vulgar they are.

5. Who does Helene say she is in her first letter to Marks & Co.?
(a) A poor writer.
(b) A bored housewife.
(c) A poor teacher.
(d) A wealthy heiress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is Helene willing to spend on each book from Marks & Co.?

2. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?

3. What first edition book does Frank offer to send Helene in the fall of 1950?

4. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?

5. What does Helene do for a living?

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