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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of failure does the narrator say a "drop of dignity under the shadow" would become in Chapter 3?
(a) Insane.
(b) Silly.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Horrible.

2. What does John say he might have tasted with every sauce?
(a) His hate.
(b) May's love.
(c) The intimate community.
(d) May's friendship.

3. What quality of May's does John claim she has "finer" than him?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her compassion.
(c) Her skin.
(d) Her nerves.

4. What do May and John do together in Chapter 3 that reminds him of the question she wouldn't answer for him regarding his secret?
(a) Sing.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Go over opera passages.
(d) Listen to operas.

5. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"
(a) "What is it that saves you?"
(b) "What is the matter?"
(c) "Do you love me?"
(d) "Is this right?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"

2. What does the narrator say was the character of the only things that passed between May and John at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. In what way does John refer to May's waiting on telling him the nature of his secret as in Chapter 3?

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

5. During what month does Chapter 1 take place?

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