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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. What happens between Ted and his nurse?
(a) They marry.
(b) She ends up introducing him to his next wife.
(c) They collaborate on a new book.
(d) She ends up suing him.

2. What does William notice about Amy?
(a) She is quite pretty.
(b) She is submissive to men.
(c) She is good at getting her own way.
(d) She is a bit churlish.

3. What surprises Rose about Ted's death?
(a) How old he was.
(b) How much fuss the press makes.
(c) That he doesn't die in Blakestable as he always wanted to do.
(d) That he had remarried.

4. With whom does Ted spend most of his time at the Saturday gatherings?
(a) With older and more important guests than William.
(b) With Isabel.
(c) With Kear and Kemp.
(d) With Rosie.

5. How does William once describe Rosie?
(a) Maligned unjustly.
(b) Virginal and enchanting.
(c) Knowledgeable in the ways of the world.
(d) Seductive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted publish?

2. What does Ted next write?

3. Who attends Ted and Rosie's parties who helps propel artists to fame?

4. What does the Bear and Key rent William?

5. What does William think of as the "crown of literature?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how William encounters Rosie in New York?

2. When William visits her in Yonkers, what does Rosie reveal about her marriage to Ted and a child they had?

3. Describe Roy's relationship with the Traffords.

4. How do Rosie and William begin a romantic involvement?

5. What does Rosie do at night while Ted writes?

6. Describe the scene where William is talking to Hillier about painting Rosie.

7. What does William discover about Ted and his parties and how is this demonstrated by Isabel Trafford?

8. What are a couple things William discovers about Rosie?

9. Describe Rosie's home and Rose herself.

10. Describe Amy Driffield.

(see the answer keys)

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