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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does John not imagine May does in regards to the home she is staying at in Chapter 1?
(a) The favorite haunts of the ghost.
(b) The color of the walls.
(c) The authorship of the pictures.
(d) The styles of the furniture.

2. What words does the narrator use to describe the items being shown to the visitors of the house?
(a) Fine and intrinsic.
(b) Drab and bleek.
(c) Bright and colorful.
(d) Cheap and tawdry.

3. What does John say caused the gap to fill up and supplied the missing link?
(a) Laughter.
(b) His secret.
(c) May's voice.
(d) Food.

4. What does May tell the narrator she will do with him at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Wait for him.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Watch with him.
(d) Help him.

5. What was over the chimney in the room where John and May begin their conversation in Chapter 1?
(a) A portrait.
(b) A cross.
(c) A wreath.
(d) A mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?

2. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?

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

4. What type of speech does the narrator say "he saw in this no vulgar reminder of" regarding his conversation with May?

5. Complete this sentence: "God knows I don't want anything. It's only a question of the __________ that haunts me."

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