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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 is Quentin Forde most interested in at the Driffields' parties?
(a) Rosie's beauty.
(b) Talking to Ted about plots.
(c) Coming to the attention of Isabel Trafford.
(d) Talking to Jasper Gibbons.

2. What is the Driffield's furniture like?
(a) A lot of mismatched pieces from various eras.
(b) Shaker like.
(c) Heavy and outdated.
(d) Simple and elegant.

3. What does Mrs. Hudson laugh at?
(a) All the things that she has seen and heard.
(b) She does not laugh and is a somewhat dour woman.
(c) William's silly jokes.
(d) The bills Parliament passes these days.

4. Who keeps Rosie occupied for a couple weeks?
(a) Kear.
(b) Kemp.
(c) Jack Kuyper.
(d) Ted.

5. What makes William weak in the knees?
(a) Seeing Rosie assume a pose by a canvas of a painting of her.
(b) Nothing; he has learned to control his emotions now.
(c) Rosie kissing him on the cheek.
(d) Seeing a new guest at the party who is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Ted and his nurse?

2. To whom has Roy grown close?

3. To William, how does Rosie always remain?

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

5. What does Roy write for Isabel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the situation that keeps Rosie occupied for a couple weeks and which infuriates William.

3. Describe Ted's response to the fact that Rosie leaves him.

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

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

6. How does Ted meet and marry his second wife and what is Isabel Trafford's reaction?

7. What does William say about Rosie's affairs and what are Amy and Roy's response?

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

9. Describe Isabel Trafford.

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

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