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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helene send in her Coronation celebration package to Frank?
(a) Wine.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Ham.

2. Frank sends Helene a modern version of ___________ in 1963.
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Canterbury Tales.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

3. What company awards Helene the Grant-in-Aid money to write American history dramatizations?
(a) ABC.
(b) NBC.
(c) CBS.
(d) PBS.

4. What day did Helene receive the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Her birthday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Cecily's birthday.

5. What book does Helene tell Frank she is terribly disappointed with in her October 1951 letter?
(a) Eric Coates' London Suite.
(b) Pepys' Diary.
(c) Vulgate Latin.
(d) Elizabethan Poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frank's concern about the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?

2. What does Helene promise her English friends she will try not to get on the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

3. What kind of club does Helene belong to in 1960?

4. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?

5. What term does Helene complain of being used instead of "cheap" in her letter of January 10, 1958?

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