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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is generous in giving new writers a leg up?
(a) Kear.
(b) Ashenden.
(c) Hardy.
(d) Jones.

2. What is Kear free of?
(a) Family obligations.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Hypocrisy.

3. What does Ashenden first think of Driffield?
(a) As exceedingly debonair.
(b) As interesting.
(c) As boring.
(d) As a cad.

4. What does William use to interpret between the lines of what he learns about Ted and Rosie?
(a) Novels that he has read.
(b) His own mother's history.
(c) His uncle's statements.
(d) Nothing; the history is pretty clear.

5. What does Ashenden declare about Driffield's novels?
(a) They are complex and intriquing.
(b) He does not comment.
(c) They are boring.
(d) They are mostly ideas from other authors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted teach William?

2. What nationality does Ashenden's aunt have?

3. About what does Kear seem to have no qualms?

4. How does Ashenden characterize people in the countryside where he is raised?

5. At what age is Ashenden when he first meets Driffield?

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