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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 tornado.
(b) A sandstorm.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A monsoon.

4. 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 _____."
(a) Habit.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Routine.
(d) Chore.

5. Other than when May takes her aunt to town, what is the other occasion in which John is able to see her during their visits in Chapter 2?
(a) When she visited friends.
(b) When she took out the trash.
(c) When she shopped for food.
(d) When she picked up groceries.

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

7. 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 tiger hunt.
(c) A witch hunt.
(d) A soul search.

8. What does May ask John is in question for her after they begin discussing his secret near the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Her sanity.
(b) Her happiness.
(c) Her sadness.
(d) Her intimacy.

9. How many years does May say it has been since her first meeting with the narrator?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

10. What does May tell John she has a disorder of in Chapter 3?
(a) Blood.
(b) Heart.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Brain.

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

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

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

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

15. What does John say he had no sense of when time and fate acted on him?
(a) Being whole.
(b) Being happy.
(c) Being lonely.
(d) Being young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the family May says she was staying with when she met the narrator?

2. What does May say to John regarding his secret at the very end of Chapter 2?

3. What does John say is a bigger failure than to be bankrupt, dishonored, pilloried or hanged?

4. What does John ask May if she remembered asking him when they had met at Weatherend for the first time?

5. Complete this sentence: "Not indeed that I in the least connect with my impression the _______ name you use".

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