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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. Why does Grandcourt expect Daniel to be jealous?
(a) Because he has much greater success with women.
(b) Because he is much more handsome.
(c) Because he is very famous for his poetry.
(d) Because he is inheriting the baronetcy that could easily have been his.

2. What worry does Mrs. Gascoigne have about Gwendolyn when she first comes to town?
(a) That she will not be able to marry well.
(b) That one of her sons will fall in love with her.
(c) That she is not who she says she is.
(d) That she will steal from them.

3. Why does Gwendolyn say that she cannot dance with Grandcourt at the ball?
(a) Because she is too embarassed to be seen dancing with him.
(b) Because her ankle is sore.
(c) Because her card is already filled.
(d) Because she does not like him.

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

5. What does Gwendolyn plan to do with the money that she gets from her necklace?
(a) Pay for her trip back home.
(b) Buy fancy new dresses.
(c) Gamble just one more day.
(d) Pay off her debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gwendolyn tell Grandcourt right after she meets Lydia Glasher?

2. How does Gwendolyn sell her necklace the morning that she leaves the gambling town?

3. What is the dance that Gwendolyn states that she will not dance at the ball soon after she meets Grandcourt?

4. Who is Herr Klesmer?

5. Why does Mirah run away from her father?

(see the answer key)

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