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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Mingott not leave her house?
(a) She is paralyzed
(b) She is blind
(c) She is too obese
(d) She is a hermit

2. What social impropriety does Ellen commit at the dinner party?
(a) She doesn't know which fork to use for her salad
(b) She chews with her mouth open
(c) She drinks from the finger bowl
(d) She approaches Newland to talk to him instead of being approached by him

3. How does Ellen Olenska appear to Newland when he sees her at a dinner party?
(a) Much younger than she looked before
(b) Tired and drawn
(c) Pale and older than her age
(d) Tan and energetic

4. What does Newland think of his fiancee, May Welland?
(a) She is brilliant
(b) She is beautiful and innocent
(c) She is dull
(d) She is cunning and manipulative

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Newland told when he arrives at Ellen's house?

2. For what does Newland push?

3. What type of flowers does Newland send to Ellen that night?

4. What is Newland pleasantly surprised to find out about Ellen?

5. In what decade does this story begin?

(see the answer key)

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