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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Solly suggest to Hugh about Nora in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Have Maisie teach her the ways of society.
(b) Get rid of her.
(c) Get her pregnant.
(d) Send her away.

2. Why doesn't Ben continue his relationship with his daughter-in-law, Maisie?
(a) She was a commoner and the child was not Solly's.
(b) She is mean to Ben.
(c) She is not Jewish.
(d) Ben does not trust that she will handle money well.

3. What news does Nora give Hugh in Part 2, Chapter 5 that stops Hugh from making a major decision about his future?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She threatens Maisie if Hugh should leave her.
(c) She knows Bertie is his.
(d) She wants to leave him.

4. What does Augusta know as Samuel Pilaster's weakness?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Women.
(d) A young man.

5. How does Augusta set up Nora at the ball?
(a) Augusta makes Nora slip and fall on the dance floor.
(b) Augusta lets Nora overhear a conversation about Hugh and Maisie.
(c) Augusta has Nora say the wrong thing to Joseph.
(d) Augusta gets the Count to say something offensive to her so that she will overreact.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Augusta manage to get Maisie to stay away from Hugh?

2. What kind of a woman is Augusta Pilaster?

3. Why doesn't Maisie spend the entire day with Solly?

4. Who shows up at the costume ball and questions Hugh?

5. What does Emily want to discuss with Maisie after one of her afternoon teas in Part 2, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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