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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was The House of Mirth first published?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1895.

2. Where does Mattie dream of going to college in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Barnard College.
(b) St. Mary's College.
(c) Douglass College.
(d) Sarah Lawrence College.

3. Who is the heroine in The House of Mirth?
(a) Aleeta Smith.
(b) Sarah Stuart.
(c) Emily Wilcox.
(d) Lily Bart.

4. Who wrote The House of Mirth?
(a) Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Emily Bronte.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Edith Wharton.

5. What is the name of the man who checked into the hotel with Grace Brown in the novel?
(a) Lawton Gokey.
(b) Francois Pierre Gauthier.
(c) Carl Grahm.
(d) Frank Loomis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mattie impulsively spend most of her money on at the grocery store/lending library in Eagle Bay?

2. What is the name of the string of eight lakes that are featured in Mattie’s hometown in the novel?

3. What age was Minnie Compeau when she left school?

4. What mountain range is the backdrop in the novel’s setting?

5. What is the name of Mattie’s fourteen-year-old sister?

(see the answer key)

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