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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Maidens Choosing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dance that Gwendolyn states that she will not dance at the ball soon after she meets Grandcourt?
(a) The waltz.
(b) The quadrille.
(c) The stilta.
(d) The polka.

2. Where does Gwendolyn tell her mother that she is going the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) On her honeymoon.
(c) To join friends in Dover.
(d) No one knows; she just disappears from everyone's sight.

3. According to Mrs. Davilow, what two options are available as a profession for Gwendolyn?
(a) Being a teacher in a university or a professor at an all-girls school.
(b) Being a nurse in a hosptial or a nun in a church.
(c) Being a teacher in a school or a governess to a family.
(d) Being a painter in a museum or a singer in a choir.

4. What causes Gwendolyn's winning gambling streak to end when the novel first opens?
(a) She is jarred by Daniel's presence.
(b) Someone takes her lucky dice.
(c) Her lucky charm is stolen.
(d) Her winning streak does not end.

5. Who arranges housing for Gwendolyn and her family upon her return from her gambling trip?
(a) An aunt and uncle.
(b) Daniel.
(c) The government.
(d) Gwendolyn herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gwendolyn think that she must do if she is going to win spectacularly?

2. Where does Mirah's father take her on a trip at the time that she is at a very young age?

3. Who greets Grandcourt when he goes calling to Gwendolyn's house the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?

4. How does Gwendolyn perceive Daniel for the first time?

5. What does Gwendolyn request after speaking to Lydia Glasher for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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