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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Newland consider his marriage to May to be?
(a) A life of passion
(b) A marriage of convenience
(c) A match made in heaven
(d) The perfect arrangement

2. Who is Newland Archer's fiancee?
(a) Janey Welland
(b) Elaine van der Luyden
(c) Ellen Olenska
(d) May Welland

3. Who interrupts the conversation between Newland and Ellen?
(a) The maid
(b) Regina Beaufort
(c) The Duke of St. Austrey
(d) May Welland

4. What type of people live in the area where Ellen lives?
(a) Hispanic people
(b) Wealthy people
(c) Black people
(d) Writers and artists

5. Who hosts the event in Chapter 3?
(a) Mrs. Manson Mingott
(b) Julius and Regina Beaufort
(c) Countess Ellen Olenska
(d) Mrs. Archer

Short Answer Questions

1. Who occupies Newland's thoughts these days?

2. How does Ellen Olenska appear to Newland when he sees her at a dinner party?

3. Who dines at the Archer household the night after the ball?

4. What social impropriety does Ellen commit at the dinner party?

5. In what city does the story take place?

(see the answer key)

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