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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?
(a) Frank.
(b) Mr. Marks.
(c) The rest of the staff.
(d) Mr. Cohen.

2. 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) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(d) Leigh Hunt essays.

3. How much was Helene advanced to write her life story in 1961?
(a) $500.
(b) $14,000.
(c) $2000.
(d) $1500.

4. What does Frank send to Helene for the first time in 1955?
(a) A bill.
(b) A birthday card.
(c) A catalog.
(d) A picture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose memoirs does Frank send Helene in 1961, saying her credit is always good with Marks & Co.?

2. Helene tells Frank in 1963 that she is a great lover of what?

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

4. Where would Helene have to shop for books in New York City if she didn't have Marks & Co. sending them to her door?

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

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