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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What circumstance does John say was "in the lap of the gods" and "touched him so nearly?"
(a) May's acquiring a house in London.
(b) His job.
(c) May's new job.
(d) His buying a new home.

2. Finish this sentence: "Yes, but since, as you say, I'm only, so far as people make out, _______."
(a) Successful.
(b) Real.
(c) Happy.
(d) Ordinary.

3. What does John describe as the frugal way he finishes his evenings with May?
(a) With dessert.
(b) With supper.
(c) With drinks.
(d) With dancing.

4. Complete this sentence: "I don't know why it shouldn't make me _________, which is what we're speaking of as right as it makes you."
(a) Jovial.
(b) Happy.
(c) Humanly.
(d) Sane.

5. What does May tell John is not repaid as time goes on in Chapter 2?
(a) His worth.
(b) His happiness.
(c) His sadness.
(d) His curiosity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say he took the measurement of in the interest of his and May's nerves in Chapter 3?

2. What does John say he had no sense of when time and fate acted on him?

3. Where does May tell John they actually met?

4. What does the book say May had secretly drawn around her near the end of Chapter 2?

5. Finish this sentence: "What saves us, you know, is that we answer so completely to so usual an appearance: that of the man and woman whose friendship has become such a daily _____."

(see the answer key)

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