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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following in NOT one of the bibles Marks & Co. offered Helene in place of the Bible she requested?
(a) Latin Bible.
(b) Greek New Testament.
(c) Hebrew Bible.
(d) Latin New Testament.

2. What part of the first books that Helene receives from Marks & co. is she afraid to handle?
(a) Expensive wrapping.
(b) Dead-white pages.
(c) Stiff cardboardy covers.
(d) Soft vellum and heavy cream-colored pages.

3. What was the name of the professor who first got Helene interested in books?
(a) Couch Quinery.
(b) Captain Quillen.
(c) Quentin Conch.
(d) Quiller-Couch.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?

2. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?

3. In what form would Marks & Co. prefer to receive payment from Helene?

4. How does Frank sign off in most his letters to Helene?

5. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?

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