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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following items is not mentioned by the narrator as things the visitors of the house looked at near the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Armoires.
(b) Heirlooms.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Treasures of all arts.

3. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

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

5. Where does John claim he first met May in Chapter 1?
(a) Rome.
(b) Venice.
(c) Florence.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is May's last name?

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

3. What does John say was the reason he was at the house 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. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?

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