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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has filed a petition for divorce in Chapter 11?
(a) Ellen Olenska
(b) Mrs. Welland
(c) Regina Beaufort
(d) Janey Archer

3. What does Newland consider his job to be regarding May?
(a) To provide the biggest house he can
(b) Make sure she cultivates her own opinions and expresses them
(c) To expose her to more of the arts
(d) To buy her a new wardrobe each season

4. Who is the main character who arrives late at the opera?
(a) Henry van der Luyden
(b) Mrs. Manson Mingott
(c) Janey Archer
(d) Newland Archer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Newland approve of the divorce?

2. What is Newland's objection to handling the divorce?

3. In what city does the story take place?

4. What question does Ellen ask of Newland?

5. What frustrates Newland about May?

(see the answer key)

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