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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma Kin tell her husband about happiness?
(a) Happiness is not in money.
(b) Happiness is not in power.
(c) Happiness comes from the heart.
(d) Happiness escapes those who do evil.

2. Flory reveals what attitude toward Macgregor?
(a) He acts contemptuously toward Macgregor.
(b) He acts as though Macgregor does not exist.
(c) He acts respectfully toward Macgregor but feels contempt for him.
(d) He acts respectfully toward Macgregor because he looks up to him.

3. How do most of Flory's experiences portray him?
(a) Cowardly and dishonorable
(b) Cruel and aggressive
(c) Awkward and timid
(d) Ungrateful and confrontational

4. U Po Kyin keeps up his reputation as an impartial magistrate by _______________________________.
(a) accepting bribes only from those in whose favor he plans to rule.
(b) accepting bribes only from Englishmen.
(c) accepting bribes from both sides, then ruling as he sees fit.
(d) accepting bribes from both sides, then ruling on behalf of both.

5. Flory landed in Burma because ________________________________.
(a) his parents believed he could not survive in England.
(b) his parents brought him over on vacation.
(c) his parents bought him a position at a firm.
(d) his parents demanded he get a job or leave the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flory feels Elizabeth may be a kindred spirit because ____________________________.

2. Ba Sein brings a copy of __________________.

3. Flory's fear of a confrontation with Ellis is clear because _______________________.

4. Why do the servants threaten to leave if Flory marries a European woman?

5. Elizabeth now believes she can describe Flory with her deadliest word: ________________.

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