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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Newland find Ellen?
(a) Mrs. Carnegie's house
(b) Mrs. Beaufort's house
(c) Mrs. Welland's house
(d) Mrs. van der Luyden's house

2. What does Newland do after breakfast?
(a) Orders some new suits
(b) Does some sightseeing
(c) Sends a note to Ellen at her hotel
(d) Buys a gift for May

3. What surprising news does May have for Newland?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) She wants to redecorate the house
(c) She has already filed for divorce
(d) She is leaving him

4. What does Newland tell May about his business trip?
(a) It has been cancelled
(b) He no longer wants to go
(c) It has been postponed
(d) He is no longer requried to attend

5. Where does Newland pick up Ellen?
(a) The train station
(b) The Ritz
(c) The bus terminal
(d) The Botanical Gardens

6. How does Ellen react when Newland kisses her palm?
(a) She kisses his cheek
(b) She blushes
(c) She tells him to stop
(d) She moves away

7. What is the topic of conversation at dinner?
(a) The opening of a new museum
(b) The stock market
(c) How the rules of society have changed
(d) Opening night of a new Broadway play

8. What is Mr. Riviere's belief about Ellen?
(a) She is better off without her husband
(b) She is a manipulative woman
(c) She should return to the Count right away
(d) She is too naive to be married to the Count

9. At whose home do Newland, May, Mrs. Archer, Janey and Mr. Jackson dine before going to the opera?
(a) The MacMillans' home
(b) The van der Luydens' home
(c) The Beauforts' home
(d) The Carnegies' home

10. Where is Newland sitting?
(a) At a restaurant table
(b) At his desk at the office
(c) In church
(d) In his library

11. Who requests Newland to visit a few days later?
(a) Mrs. Beaufort
(b) Mrs. Welland
(c) Mrs. van der Luyden
(d) Mrs. Mingott

12. What does Newland reason is the only way Ellen would return to her husband?
(a) If Newland and May were to separate
(b) If her husband came to get her himself
(c) If she felt tempted in any way by Newland
(d) If Ellen inherited Mrs. Mingot's fortune

13. What do Newland and Ellen agree to do?
(a) Reveal their deception to May
(b) Never see each other again
(c) Run away to France together
(d) Meet the day after next for a romantic encounter

14. What does Newland tell Ellen?
(a) He has bought another horse
(b) He is leaving May
(c) He had made plans to travel to Washington to see her
(d) He has started her divorce proceedings

15. Where will Ellen's train arrive?
(a) Jersey City
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Newark
(d) Princeton

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Newland's frustration cause him to do?

2. With whom does Newland take a trip to Europe?

3. What does Mr. Riviere tell Newland?

4. Who does Newland think of before he goes to sleep?

5. Why does Ellen not pursue a relationship with Newland?

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