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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the house John is visiting in Chapter 1?
(a) Weatherend.
(b) Fountainbleu.
(c) Le Manse.
(d) Terra.

2. What does May tell the narrator she will do with him at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Help him.
(b) Watch with him.
(c) Wait for him.
(d) Marry him.

3. What question does May ask the narrator three times at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) "Are you ready?"
(b) "Has it passed?"
(c) "Are you afraid?"
(d) "Is it soon?"

4. Complete this sentence: "I see of course what you mean by your ____ me, in this way and that."
(a) Cursing.
(b) Helping.
(c) Loving.
(d) Saving.

5. During what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) May.
(d) October.

6. What does John attribute as the reason for May being named the successor of her aunt's estate?
(a) Her resilience.
(b) Her gumption.
(c) Her warm heart.
(d) Her high tone and high temper.

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

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

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

10. On what does John say he doesn't 't think a lady is meant to accompany him in Chapter 2?
(a) Important matters.
(b) A witch hunt.
(c) A soul search.
(d) A tiger hunt.

11. What does John say he has never been for a moment in his life in Chapter 2?
(a) Sad.
(b) Settled.
(c) Calm.
(d) Happy.

12. In what city do May and John meet up in for their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

13. To where does John often have May accompany him as revealed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The park.
(c) The opera.
(d) The store.

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

15. Which of the following items does John not associate with when defining failure in Chapter 3?
(a) When the possibilities have evaporated.
(b) The times of the ages.
(c) The possibilities have turned stale.
(d) The secrets of the gods had grown faint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization causes John's breath of good faith to come short in Chapter 3?

2. What was over the chimney in the room where John and May begin their conversation in Chapter 1?

3. What does May say to John when he asks her how he could ever repay her keeping his secret in Chapter 3?

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

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

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