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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Lady Walpole-Wilson use to describe Barbara?
(a) Adorable.
(b) Noisy.
(c) Coy.
(d) Transparent.

2. What is Jenkins relieved is not the subject of ridicule in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Diaries.
(d) Music.

3. When Widmerpool and Jenkins meet in Chapter 3 of "A Buyer's Market", who does Widmerpool bring up as a topic of conversation?
(a) His mother.
(b) Gypsy.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Le Bas.

4. How does Jenkins know his feelings for Barbara are cooling?
(a) He doesn't feel jealousy anymore.
(b) His heart doesn't pound when he sees her.
(c) He doesn't think of her very often.
(d) He finds speaking to her to be a bore.

5. Who or what does Thompsitt ask Jenkins about in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
(a) The Worepole-Wilsons.
(b) Whether Jenkins has any money to invest.
(c) Jenkins' father.
(d) Widmerpool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Widmerpool decline to be introduced to someone by Truscott at the party?

2. Where does Jenkins say he is living in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?

3. What is one topic of conversation at the dinner in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?

4. Who do Jenkins and Widmerpool find out is engaged at the end of "A Buyer's Market"?

5. To whom does Jenkins compare Deacon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Deacon's death?

2. Who does Jenkins encounter as he is leaving the party in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?

3. In Jenkins' eyes, what makes Eleanor different from the other society girls?

4. After the sugar incident, what does Jenkins realize about Barbara?

5. Who is Ralph Barnby?

6. How do Jenkins and Widmerpool react to the news of Barbara's engagement?

7. What happens on the way to the dance in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market" which confuses Jenkins?

8. Who is Max Pilgrim? Why do he and Deacon argue in Chapter 2 of "A Buyer's Market"?

9. What does Thompsitt ask Jenkins as they leave the dance in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"? What does Jenkins think Thompsitt has realized?

10. What does Truscott suggest when he meets Widmerpool?

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