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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) May.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) October.

3. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

4. What type of speech does the narrator say "he saw in this no vulgar reminder of" regarding his conversation with May?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Content.
(d) Honest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does John not imagine May does in regards to the home she is staying at in Chapter 1?

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?

3. What does May suggest what the narrator describes as "perhaps but the expectation--or at any rate the sense of danger, familiar to so many people?"

4. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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