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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?
(a) Grotesque.
(b) Silly.
(c) Insane.
(d) Horrible.

2. Complete this sentence: "You mean that it has come as a positive definite ______, with a name and a date."
(a) Occurrence.
(b) Time.
(c) Chance.
(d) Certainty.

3. Which of the following does John not associate with the "Beast in the Jungle" in Chapter 5?
(a) May's dying.
(b) His health.
(c) His solitude.
(d) May's health.

4. What does John say his existence had grown strangely more of in Chapter 5?
(a) Spacious.
(b) Small.
(c) Short.
(d) Large.

5. What event does John say made his and May's meetings more multiplied at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Her moving to the country.
(b) Her great-aunt's death.
(c) His losing his job.
(d) Her moving to his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he felt that he had never felt before in Chapter 3?

2. What occasional warning is John visited by at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Where does John go after leaving May's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What realization causes John's breath of good faith to come short in Chapter 3?

5. Which of the following items does John not associate with when defining failure in Chapter 3?

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