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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say the guests who "took such matters with the last seriousness" give themselves up to in Chapter 1?
(a) Aptitude and chivalry.
(b) Grammar and good manners.
(c) Baubles and jewels.
(d) Mysterious appreciations and measurements.

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

5. What is May's last name?
(a) Bartram.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Sampson.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's last name?

2. What does the narrator say the items being perused by the visitors "almost made" the house?

3. What does the narrator describe as "so numerous that guests could wander at their will?"

4. What "invoked, invited, encouraged, could give them, naturally, no more than it had?"

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

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