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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabel claim about the new Mrs. Driffield?
(a) She is just what Ted needs.
(b) She is so much Ted's intellectual inferior.
(c) She makes no statements about the new wife.
(d) She wants his money.

2. How does Rosie treat William?
(a) Like a child.
(b) Like a pest.
(c) Like a grownup.
(d) Like her brother.

3. What is the reaction to the book he publishes?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Acclaim.

4. Who can Ashenden's aunt not abide?
(a) Tradesmen.
(b) Uneducated people.
(c) Nobility.
(d) Opinionated people.

5. With what motif is William's old room decorated?
(a) Literature.
(b) No particular motif.
(c) Sports.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do intelligent people cease to do after age 30?

2. What does William think should be abolished?

3. What happens when Ted catches pneumonia?

4. How does Ashenden characterize Kear's early novels?

5. What is Ted considered at age 80?

(see the answer key)

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