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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does May grab for support when she stands during her conversation with John in Chapter 4?
(a) The chair.
(b) The clock.
(c) The sofa.
(d) A shelf.

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

4. Which of the following does John not associate with the "Beast in the Jungle" in Chapter 5?
(a) His solitude.
(b) His health.
(c) May's health.
(d) May's dying.

5. Where does John say he took May during their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) The botanical gardens.
(b) The Kensington Gallery.
(c) The National Museum.
(d) The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say May talked with the perfect straightness of in Chapter 5?

2. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?

3. How long does John stand at the object he visits at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What does John tell May he often wonders if it's fair in Chapter 2?

5. 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?"

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