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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV, Gwendolyn Gets her Choice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Arrowpoints hope that Grandcourt will do when he arrives in town?
(a) Choose Catherine to be his bride.
(b) Choose Gwendolyn to be his bride.
(c) Choose Anna to be his bride.
(d) Choose Lucinda to be his bride.

2. Who does the reader learn raised Grandcourt like a son?
(a) Lydia Glasher.
(b) Gwendolyn.
(c) Sir Hugo Mallinger.
(d) The Reverend.

3. What does Gwendolyn's uncle think of the waltz?
(a) That it is overly showy.
(b) That it is too risque for the young people to be doing.
(c) He is not sure what to think of it, since he has never seen it before.
(d) That it is quite beautiful, but only when done properly.

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 waltz.
(b) The quadrille.
(c) The polka.
(d) The stilta.

5. Why does Daniel find his mission of pawning a ring to Ezra unsatisfactory?
(a) Because Ezra figures out why he is really there.
(b) Because Ezra is not able to borrow the amount of money that he needs.
(c) Because Ezra is not in the shop on the day that Daniel stops in.
(d) Because he does not learn what he wanted to learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mirah run away from her father?

2. What does Mirah's father teach her when she is young?

3. What does Reverend Gascoigne think that Gwendolyn should do if and when Grandcourt proposes?

4. What causes Gwendolyn's winning gambling streak to end when the novel first opens?

5. What does Mrs. Davilow hope that Grandcourt will do when he arrives in town?

(see the answer key)

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