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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following items is not mentioned by the narrator as things the visitors of the house looked at near the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Armoires.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Heirlooms.
(d) Treasures of all arts.

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

3. 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 secrets of the gods had grown faint.
(d) The possibilities have turned stale.

4. What does John tell May he often wonders if it's fair in Chapter 2?
(a) For he and May to be friends.
(b) For May to be so involved in his secret.
(c) For May to be granted her inheritance.
(d) For he and May to become married.

5. What does John say he felt that he had never felt before in Chapter 3?
(a) His happiness.
(b) His lonliness.
(c) His lack of intimacy.
(d) The dread in the thought of losing May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say "opened his mouth betimes" and "would count a compensation and profit?"

2. What does May claim is the only thing that concerns her after she and John begin discussing his secret in Chapter 3?

3. What does John ask to himself in regards to May's "appearance of variation from the usual human type?"

4. What does May say was the "incident" that caused her to "seek refuge" when she had met the narrator for the first time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John describe the events that led to May receiving property from a deceased relative in Chapter 2?

2. How is May's grave described in Chapter 6?

3. What is the nature of May and John's conversation when he asks her to reveal what she believes is his secret in Chapter 4?

4. What is John's reaction after seeing the other man in the cemetery in Chapter 6?

5. How does John describe May's eyes in Chapter 4?

6. How is the short confrontation between John and the other man mourning in the cemetery described in Chapter 6?

7. What is John's opinion of marrying May?

8. In what way does John describe his ownership of May's grave near the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. How are the "depths" between May and John described in Chapter 3?

10. What is the nature of May and John's discussion regarding "the thing" near the end of Chapter 1?

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