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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Revelations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gwendolyn end up dancing with Grandcourt at the ball?
(a) Because he has finally won her affection.
(b) Because he offers to wrap up her ankle so that she can dance at least once.
(c) Because the person she was supposed to dance with disappears.
(d) Because her mother makes her.

2. Who is Catherine?
(a) Mrs. Arrowpoint's daughter.
(b) Mr. Arrowpoint's mistress.
(c) A governness in town.
(d) A music teacher.

3. What specific advice does Grandcourt give Gwendolyn while at the Abbey?
(a) That she will "fill her place properly".
(b) That she is "too beautiful to exist on Earth".
(c) That the ideas in her head "must be swept away, like dust under a rug".
(d) That she must "act more like a woman".

4. How do Reverend and Mrs. Gascoigne react to Gwendolyn when they learn of her engagement to Grandcourt?
(a) They are furiously angry.
(b) They congratulate her.
(c) They are horribly embarrassed.
(d) They are not sure what to think.

5. Where do Grandcourt and Gwendolyn go yachting?
(a) In the Red Sea.
(b) Along the English Channel.
(c) In the Bahamas.
(d) In the Mediterranean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lush advise against Grandcourt proposing to Gwendolyn after Grandcourt arrives in Offendene from Paris?

2. Who does Gwendolyn want to connect with while at the Abbey?

3. What item(s) does Grandcourt request from Lydia once he becomes engaged to Gwendolyn?

4. What worry does Mrs. Gascoigne have about Gwendolyn when she first comes to town?

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

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