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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proposition does Hugh bring to the family bankers at the beginning of Part 2?
(a) To merge with a bank in New York.
(b) To invest in Cordova.
(c) To buy a railroad in America.
(d) To merge with a stockbroker house in New York.

2. How does Micky get Tonio to offer him his job in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) He blackmails Tonio.
(b) Tonio is afraid of what Micky can do to him.
(c) He gets Tonio to believe he will be sent back to Cordova.
(d) He convinces Tonio that he is his friend.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 1, how many years have passed since the Prologue?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

4. How does Hugh help Sir John Cammel and himself at the same time in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) He offered Cammel stocks.
(b) He offered Cammel the opportunity to buy Russian bonds.
(c) He offered Cammel a better loan.
(d) He offered to cash Cammel's check.

5. What does Solly ask Maisie at the races?
(a) Will she be his mistress?
(b) Will she marry him?
(c) Does she like Hugh?
(d) Did she bet on her favorite horse?

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes before Hugh returns to London at the beginning of Part 2?

2. Why is Tonio crying when he meets up with Hugh in the woods?

3. Why does Augusta show her new bedroom to Madeleine?

4. What types of people went to the horse races in London in the late 1800s?

5. Why does Maisie leave home in the Prologue?

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