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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does John refer to as an "open page?"
(a) The park.
(b) May's tomb.
(c) May's house.
(d) His house.

3. What does May touch near her chimney before becoming ill near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A figurine.
(b) A note.
(c) A shelf.
(d) A bell.

4. Complete the sentence: "What do you regard as the very worst that at this time of day can ______ to me."
(a) Occur.
(b) Fathom.
(c) Become.
(d) Happen.

5. How long does John stand at the object he visits at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 hours.

6. Finish this sentence: "It seems to me I liked it better present, as you say, than I can like it absent with your _________."
(a) Away.
(b) Longing.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Absence.

7. Who is described as "the creature beneath the sod?"
(a) May.
(b) John's conquests.
(c) John.
(d) The Beast.

8. What does the narrator say May sat without for the first time that year at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A fire.
(c) Her chair.
(d) A blanket.

9. Finish this sentence: "Assuredly--if you mean, as I do, something that includes all the loss and all the shame that are _______."
(a) Happening.
(b) Possible.
(c) Caused.
(d) Thinkable.

10. What does John claim he was afraid of during his conversation with May in Chapter 4?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Nothingness.

11. What does John say May talked with the softness of in Chapter 5?
(a) A mother.
(b) A baby.
(c) A woman in love.
(d) A sick child.

12. How long does John stay away during his travels?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

13. What does May do when John places his hand on the arm of her chair in Chapter 5?
(a) Puts her hand on his.
(b) Kisses it.
(c) Holds it.
(d) Pushes it away.

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

15. What rises to John's lips when he remembers May praying that he not know the true nature of his beast?
(a) A moan.
(b) May's name.
(c) A whisper.
(d) A cough.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the cemetery in which May was buried in London described in Chapter 5?

2. What does John say he will profit extraordinarily little from in Chapter 5?

3. What does John say he is afraid he has spent his whole life thinking of in Chapter 4?

4. What does John say has never touched him in Chapter 6?

5. Complete this sentence: "I would _____ for you still--if I could."

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