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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1953 - 1969.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helene says after she visits England, America will have to apologize for her _____________.
(a) Accent.
(b) Humor.
(c) Sins.
(d) Bumbling.

2. What book did Helene tell Frank she did NOT enjoy reading in her January 1956 letter?
(a) Cassell.
(b) Catullus.
(c) Cameron.
(d) Cantu.

3. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Virginibus Puerisque.
(b) Hazlitt essays.
(c) Leigh Hunt essays.
(d) Selected Essays of Stevenson.

4. Where will Cecily and Doug's married housing be when it becomes available?
(a) Iraq.
(b) London.
(c) Italy.
(d) Manhattan.

5. Who does Frank tell Helene in a 1964 letter that he hasn't heard from in a number of years?
(a) Maxine.
(b) Cecily.
(c) Bill.
(d) Sheila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Maxine has trouble getting in London because of the rations?

2. What was the cause of Frank's death?

3. Who is said to have seen the prophet Ezekiel in the introduction to the book of poetry that Helene gets as a Christmas gift in 1959?

4. What does Frank's wife Nora reveal she has used the tins of dried eggs to trade for?

5. What is the complete name of the anthology Helene requests Frank send her in late 1950?

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