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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. On what date does the narrator begin the story while describing standing on the porch of the Glenmore?
(a) June 16, 1899.
(b) September 1, 1905.
(c) July 12, 1906.
(d) July 14, 1905.

2. How does Royal Loomis respond when Mattie tells him about her desires to go to college?
(a) He suggests a different college.
(b) He gives her money for travel.
(c) He urges her to go.
(d) He doesn’t understand.

3. The House of Mirth is a novel written in what style?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Novel of manners.
(c) Absurdist fiction.
(d) Factional novel.

4. Who is Mattie’s teacher that has taught her “knowledge carries a damned high price”?
(a) Miss Anderson.
(b) Miss Wilcox.
(c) Miss Parrish.
(d) Miss Smith.

5. Whose name does Mattie recall on the letters upstairs under her mattress in the opening of the novel?
(a) Tommy Hubbard's.
(b) Michael Gokley’s.
(c) Chester Gillette’s.
(d) Frank Loomis's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The House of Mirth?

2. How does Papa respond when he discovers Mattie’s spent most of her money at the floating lending library?

3. By what name does Uncle Fifty go by as a French river man?

4. Weaver Smith struggles with his identity in the novel when he is misinterpreted as what at the rail station?

5. When Mattie asks Aunt Josie for financial help for college, Aunt Josie tells Mattie she’s as selfish as whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mattie ask her Aunt Josie for financial help in Chapter 8?

2. What parallels does Mattie make between her situation and that of Grace Brown in Chapter 10?

3. What does Mattie realize while out boating with Royal Loomis in Chapter 15? How does she feel about the realization?

4. What promise does Uncle Fifty make to Mattie after he arrives? What gifts does he give to the Gokey children?

5. How is the character of Royal Loomis described in the novel? How is his relationship with Mattie characterized?

6. What purchase does Mattie impulsively make in Chapter 6? What are her thoughts on this action?

7. How is Mattie’s father described in the novel? What are his principle concerns in the beginning of the story?

8. What does Mattie discover through Grace Brown’s letter in Chapter 16? What does this clue indicate to Mattie?

9. How is the character of Aunt Josie depicted in the novel? What are Aunt Josie’s principle concerns?

10. What is an example from the novel of Mattie’s tendency for romantic idealization?

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