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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this sentence: "Yes, but since, as you say, I'm only, so far as people make out, _______."

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

3. 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?

4. Finish this sentence: "There have been days when I though you were, only of course, there have been days when we have thought almost _______."

5. What does John say he might have tasted with every sauce?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John describe his and May's treatment of the subject of his secret in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator say the guests of the luncheon do after they have finished eating near the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. How does John describe the nature of his and May's friendship in Chapter 2?

4. How does John describe the day he visited May for her birthday in Chapter 2?

5. What is the nature of the exchange between John and May at the end of Chapter 4?

6. How does John describe his "illumination" in regards to his secret in Chapter 6?

7. What is the nature of John's talk of time and fate near the end of Chapter 3?

8. How does John react towards May when she asks him if he remembers the nature of their conversation the first time they met in Italy?

9. How does John describe the nature of his and May's meeting at the beginning of Chapter 4?

10. How does John respond when May claims that her belief of his secret is only an idea in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the nature of the character May Bartram in the book. What role might the author be hoping for her to play in the book's overall theme?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the nature of May's eyes in the book. What might her eyes be representative of to John?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the character John Marcher in the book. What role might the author be hoping for this character to represent in terms of society in the book?

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