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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Helene's October 15, 1950 letter to Frank chastise him?
(a) For using crumpled book pages as packing material.
(b) For sending the wrong books.
(c) For not having love poems.
(d) For using poor grammar.

2. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?
(a) Ben Marks.
(b) Frank Doel.
(c) Megan Wells.
(d) Her parents.

3. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?
(a) Expensive antiques.
(b) Antiquarian booksellers.
(c) Rare and special.
(d) Aquarian booksellers.

4. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?
(a) FPD.
(b) FRD.
(c) FFD.
(d) FDR.

5. What is the long length of time that passes between letters from Marks & Co. in 1950?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Five months.
(d) Seven months.

6. What year is the Volume II of the Works and Life of Sir Walter Savage Landor that is sent to Helene published?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1923.

7. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?
(a) Out-of-print books.
(b) Latest edition bestsellers.
(c) Paperbacks.
(d) Rare collectors' editions.

8. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?
(a) The poor condition of the books.
(b) The long silence between letters.
(c) The incorrect billing amount.
(d) The Latin Bible.

9. 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) Latin New Testament.
(c) Hebrew Bible.
(d) Greek New Testament.

10. What first edition book does Frank offer to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) Vulgate Latin Bible.
(b) Newman's Idea of a University.
(c) Oxford Book of English Verse.
(d) Pepys' Diary.

11. Helene says that from where she sits, London is a lot closer than _____________.
(a) Soho.
(b) Rockefeller Plaza.
(c) 17th Street.
(d) Times Square.

12. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Saturday Review of Literature.
(c) Barnes & Noble.
(d) Bookpress Monthly.

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

14. In what form would Marks & Co. prefer to receive payment from Helene?
(a) Cash.
(b) Personal check.
(c) Credit card.
(d) Postal money order.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What street in London does Helene tell Cecily she is longing to walk down?

2. Why does Helene spend her days wearing sweaters and wool slacks?

3. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?

4. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?

5. How much meat does Helene discover the Londoners are rationed per family in 1949?

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