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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"
(a) A family.
(b) The hope of fortune.
(c) The dream of acquisition.
(d) A job.

2. What "excavation" does May say she and the narrator took "refuge" in when they first met?
(a) Athens.
(b) Pompeii.
(c) Rome.
(d) Alexandria.

3. How does John claim May would feel if she gave up on discovering his secret before she dies in Chapter 3?
(a) It would haunt her.
(b) It would save her.
(c) It would kill her.
(d) It would lacerate her.

4. What does May grab for support when she stands during her conversation with John in Chapter 4?
(a) The clock.
(b) The chair.
(c) A shelf.
(d) The sofa.

5. What does May tell John is not repaid as time goes on in Chapter 2?
(a) His sadness.
(b) His worth.
(c) His curiosity.
(d) His happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What possibility does John feel would be monstrous for May according to his thoughts in Chapter 4?

3. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?

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

5. What does John say "lay in wait for him, amid the twists and the turns of the months and the years" in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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