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

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) Send her away.
(c) Get rid of her.
(d) Get her pregnant.

2. Who do Edward, Micky and Hugh meet in the Argyll Room?
(a) Danny Robinson.
(b) Micky's father, Carlos.
(c) Friends from high school.
(d) Call girls.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 2, what is Hugh against the bank investing in?
(a) A new building for the bank.
(b) New infrastructure for London.
(c) Russian bonds.
(d) The Cordovan Railroad.

4. Why doesn't Maisie spend the entire day with Solly?
(a) She has plans to meet Hugh.
(b) She is not allowed to.
(c) She is bored.
(d) She doesn't like horse racing.

5. Who shows up at the costume ball and questions Hugh?
(a) Maisie's brother, Danny.
(b) Peter Middleton's brother.
(c) Nora's parents.
(d) The men from the New York bank.

6. Who wins the ratting bet in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Micky.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Edward.
(d) Tonio.

7. What do Micky and Edward do to the other boys at the watering hole?
(a) They make them leave the hole.
(b) They throw their clothes in the water.
(c) They take their clothes and run.
(d) They join them in a game.

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

9. What is the relationship between Hugh and Edward?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are best friends.

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

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

12. Why does Hugh marry Nora?
(a) Because he loves her.
(b) He wanted to spend the rest of his life holding her hand.
(c) To forget Maisie.
(d) To make his family angry.

13. Why did Pilaster and Co. shut down?
(a) The workers went on strike.
(b) Toby Pilaster hanged himself.
(c) The bank collapsed.
(d) Nobody wanted the company's goods any longer.

14. Why does Maisie leave home in the Prologue?
(a) She hates her father.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) Her brother, Danny, runs away.
(d) She does not want her mother to starve for her.

15. What news of Seth does Augusta give Micky when he comes to tea in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Seth's health is failing.
(b) Seth's health has improved.
(c) Seth will give Micky his loan.
(d) Seth has resigned from the bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a woman is Augusta Pilaster?

2. How does Joseph react to the incident with Nora in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Why won't Pilaster bank loan Carlos Miranda money?

4. How does Maisie initially react to Hugh and Nora's romance?

5. What does Augusta pull out of her jewelry box in Part 2 to remind herself of the past?

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