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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the popular rumor already in existence about Ellen?
(a) She had a sexually transmitted disease
(b) She used to work in burlesque
(c) She ran off with her husband's secretary
(d) She had an illegitimate child

2. What does Newland tell Ellen about May?
(a) That May thinks Newland is in love with someone else
(b) She is having her wedding dress custom designed
(c) She is still in Florida
(d) She is inviting Ellen to the wedding

3. What else does Newland tell Ellen?
(a) May does not really like Ellen
(b) May has broken the engagement
(c) May wants to live in Florida
(d) Ellen is the woman he would like to marry if it were possible

4. Chapter 19 marks the beginning of _____________________.
(a) The Civil War
(b) The Reconstruction
(c) The War of 1812
(d) Book Two

5. Who has been asked to handle the divorce case?
(a) Newland Archer
(b) Mr. van der Luyden
(c) Julius Beaufort
(d) Mr. Welland

6. What is the general consensus about Countess Olenska?
(a) She is an undesirable person
(b) She is a welcome change of pace
(c) She is extremely beautiful
(d) She is a valuable fundraiser

7. In what city does the story take place?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) New York City
(c) Boston
(d) New Orleans

8. What does Newland send to Ellen?
(a) Theater tickets
(b) Pink roses
(c) Earrings
(d) A note

9. What does May ask Newland?
(a) If she can get some new clothes
(b) If she can get a different engagement ring
(c) If they can change their honeymoon destination
(d) If there is another woman in the picture

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

11. Where is Ellen when Newland finds her at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Reading a book
(b) Playing the piano
(c) Sitting in front of a fire
(d) Walking in the snow

12. What is the opera being produced as the story begins?
(a) Aida
(b) Madame Butterfly
(c) Faust
(d) Oberto

13. What does Ellen say she will gain through the divorce?
(a) Her freedom
(b) Her jewels
(c) An estate
(d) An art collection

14. What does the answer to #73 ask Newland?
(a) Where he proposed to May
(b) Why he did not marry Ellen
(c) Where he and May will live
(d) What are his career goals

15. What angers Newland when he arrives at the answer to #43?
(a) He has come on the wrong day
(b) He has forgotten his calling cards
(c) He sees Julius Beaufort
(d) He has mud on his shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen do when Newland asks her to stop the divorce petition?

2. What does Newland caution Ellen about regarding the divorce?

3. What does Newland pressure May to do?

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

5. Who does not attend Newland and May's wedding?

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