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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does John say he took May during their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) The Kensington Gallery.
(b) The National Museum.
(c) The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum.
(d) The botanical gardens.

3. What does John say "opened his mouth betimes" and "would count a compensation and profit?"
(a) May.
(b) A mysterious fate.
(c) His past.
(d) His lies.

4. What does John say was the reason he was at the house in Chapter 1?
(a) A luncheon.
(b) A date.
(c) A business meeting.
(d) To meet a friend.

5. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Famous.
(c) Magnificent.
(d) Haunted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "You know you told me something I've never forgotten and that again and again has made me think of you since; it was that tremendously hot day when we went to Sorrento, across the bay, for the ________".

2. What is John's last name?

3. Complete this sentence: "Not indeed that I in the least connect with my impression the _______ name you use".

4. What words does the narrator use to describe the items being shown to the visitors of the house?

5. What does the narrator say the guests who "took such matters with the last seriousness" give themselves up to in Chapter 1?

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