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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VII, The Mother and the Son.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gwendolyn tell Grandcourt right after she meets Lydia Glasher?
(a) That she never wants to see him again.
(b) That he can visit her the next day.
(c) That he is a lying cheat.
(d) That she wants to get married that very night.

2. According to Mrs. Davilow, what two options are available as a profession for Gwendolyn?
(a) Being a painter in a museum or a singer in a choir.
(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 teacher in a university or a professor at an all-girls school.

3. What does Gwendolyn notice about Grandcourt during the ball?
(a) That he keeps leaving the room and returning.
(b) That he is watching her often.
(c) That he keeps tripping whenever she gets close.
(d) That he is paying attention to every other girl at the ball but her.

4. What socially awkward topic does Gwendolyn ask Mrs. Davilow about after she is engaged?
(a) Illegitimate children.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Getting a divorce.
(d) Sex.

5. Who greets Grandcourt when he goes calling to Gwendolyn's house the day after she meets Lydia Glasher?
(a) The Reverend.
(b) Gwendolyn herself; she is alone at home.
(c) Gwendolyn's mother.
(d) No one; no one is home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel plan to do once he realizes that he has found Mirah's lost family?

2. Where does Grandcourt want Gwendolyn's family to live?

3. Where does Herr Klesmer first hear Mirah sing?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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