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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say cast "the long shadow in which he had lived" and had "almost no margin left?"
(a) The great vagueness.
(b) His hope.
(c) His love.
(d) The love in May's heart.

2. What is May always sitting next to when John comes to see her?
(a) The fire.
(b) A table.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her maid.

3. How is May's chair described in Chapter 3?
(a) Dark brown.
(b) Leather and tarnished.
(c) Old and dusty.
(d) Deep and old fashioned.

4. What impenetrable object is used to describe May as the picture of serenity and exquisiteness in Chapter 4?
(a) Monolith.
(b) Sphinx.
(c) Statue.
(d) Giant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May touch near her chimney before becoming ill near the end of Chapter 4?

2. What does May do during her visit with John to make her statement more "vivid" in Chapter 4?

3. Where does John claim he first met May in Chapter 1?

4. What does John say May's whole attitude was in Chapter 2?

5. What does John say "opened his mouth betimes" and "would count a compensation and profit?"

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