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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Meeting Streams.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Reverend Gascoigne think that Gwendolyn should do if and when Grandcourt proposes?
(a) Tell him that he must ask for Rev. Gascoigne's permission first.
(b) Accept the proposal.
(c) Turn down the proposal.
(d) Tell him that she needs time to think about it so she that doesn't seem too eager.

3. How does Gwendolyn react to Grandcourt's offer to put her jacket on her after the ball?
(a) She accepts.
(b) She snubs him.
(c) She doesn't even bother looking at him for a response.
(d) She gets too embarassed and leaves hurriedly -- without her coat.

4. Which of the following is the only dance that Gwendolyn says that she will dance at the ball soon after she meets Grandcourt?
(a) The polka.
(b) The stilta.
(c) The quadrille.
(d) The waltz.

5. Why does Gwendolyn have to leave the city and the gambling so suddenly?
(a) The train only leaves once a month, and she has to be on it.
(b) She is indebted to a lot of people.
(c) She receives a letter from her mother.
(d) She is on the lam, and the police are after her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Gwendolyn want that Reverend Gascoigne cannot buy for his own daughter?

2. Where does Gwendolyn tell her mother that she is going the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?

3. Where is Grandcourt first sent away to school?

4. What does Daniel think upon seeing Gwendolyn 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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