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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of May's does John claim she has "finer" than him?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her compassion.
(c) Her skin.
(d) Her nerves.

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

3. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Settled.
(d) Calm.

4. What does John say he might have tasted with every sauce?
(a) May's friendship.
(b) The intimate community.
(c) May's love.
(d) His hate.

5. Finish this sentence: "It isn't a question for you of conceiving, imagining, ______."
(a) Dying.
(b) Comparing.
(c) Living.
(d) Giving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John claim he first met May in Chapter 1?

2. What are the items of furniture in the room where May and John visit in Chapter 4?

3. What "excavation" does May say she and the narrator took "refuge" in when they first met?

4. What does May tell the narrator she will do with him at the end of Chapter 1?

5. How does John claim May would feel if she gave up on discovering his secret before she dies in Chapter 3?

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