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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "What saves us, you know, is that we answer so completely to so usual an appearance: that of the man and woman whose friendship has become such a daily _____."
(a) Habit.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Chore.
(d) Routine.

2. Who comes into the room where May and John are having their conversation near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) May's cousin.
(b) A cat.
(c) May's maid.
(d) A dog.

3. What does John say is a bigger failure than to be bankrupt, dishonored, pilloried or hanged?
(a) To not be anything.
(b) To be rich.
(c) To be alone.
(d) To be unhappy.

4. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"
(a) "Is this right?"
(b) "What is the matter?"
(c) "Do you love me?"
(d) "What is it that saves you?"

5. What circumstance does John say was "in the lap of the gods" and "touched him so nearly?"
(a) His buying a new home.
(b) His job.
(c) May's acquiring a house in London.
(d) May's new job.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?

2. What is the first thing John asks May in regards to learning more about her opinion of his secret in Chapter 4?

3. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?

4. What words does John use to describe May's appearance near the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. How is May's chair described in Chapter 3?

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