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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Listen to operas.
(b) Sing.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Go over opera passages.

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

3. Where does John claim he first met May in Chapter 1?
(a) Florence.
(b) Venice.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

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

5. What does May refer to John's secret as to him in Chapter 2?
(a) The secret death.
(b) The real truth about you.
(c) The past.
(d) The dirty laundry.

6. What was over the chimney in the room where John and May begin their conversation in Chapter 1?
(a) A portrait.
(b) A cross.
(c) A wreath.
(d) A mirror.

7. When does John say his and May's friendship had "sprung into being" in Chapter 2?
(a) With her first word.
(b) With her first glare.
(c) With her first penetrating question.
(d) With her first smile.

8. What does John say the rest of the world thought of him as, but that May understands?
(a) Queer.
(b) Silly.
(c) Odd.
(d) Strange.

9. What does John say "opened his mouth betimes" and "would count a compensation and profit?"
(a) His lies.
(b) His past.
(c) May.
(d) A mysterious fate.

10. What does John say he took the measurement of in the interest of his and May's nerves in Chapter 3?
(a) The abyss.
(b) The tiger.
(c) The mystic line.
(d) The heart.

11. How old does the narrator say he was when he met May for the first time?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

12. What is described as "a sale highly advertised, that excites or quenches, as may be?"
(a) The dream of acquisition.
(b) The hope of fortune.
(c) A family.
(d) A job.

13. After May reveals her illness to John, he says he felt the shadow of a change and the chill of a what?
(a) Shock.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Shudder.
(d) Envy.

14. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?
(a) A monsoon.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A sandstorm.

15. Which of the following does John not mention regarding "the thing that waited" and it's jurisdiction to him in Chapter 3?
(a) By any chance of a truth.
(b) Within an inch.
(c) Within sight or sound.
(d) Within touch or reach.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does John often have May accompany him as revealed at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator say began for John "in a thick cluster" and at the time when "the unexpected died out?"

3. What occasional warning is John visited by at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

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

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