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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Grandcourt ask permission to visit Gwendolyn from her after he arrives in Offendene?
(a) By sending Mr. Lush, who purposely arrives late.
(b) In person.
(c) By messenger.
(d) By letter.

2. How does Gwendolyn perceive Daniel for the first time?
(a) As an unfriendly stranger.
(b) As a kind and humble man.
(c) As cruel and very loud.
(d) As a warm, old friend.

3. How much time passes between the time that Grandcourt tells Mr. Lush that he would like to marry Gwendolyn and the time that he goes to her house to announce his intentions?
(a) Two days, because he knows that it is improper to visit on Sundays.
(b) Only a few minutes.
(c) Quite a bit.
(d) One day.

4. What does Mirah's father teach her when she is young?
(a) Art.
(b) Math.
(c) Music.
(d) Theater.

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

6. How does Gwendolyn's mother feel about the possibility of Gwendolyn marrying Grandcourt?
(a) That Grandcourt is making a mistake, even though it would be good for Gwendolyn.
(b) That he will make Gwendolyn as happy as any other man whom she is likely to marry.
(c) That Gwendolyn should refuse him on principle so that he asks again and offers the family more money.
(d) That it is a horrible mistake.

7. What does Gwendolyn request after speaking to Lydia Glasher for the first time?
(a) To have the woman arrested.
(b) To be taken to a doctor.
(c) To have a private investigator follow Glasher to see what she is really doing.
(d) To leave the archery event early.

8. What does Mrs. Davilow claim to have learned about Daniels' mother?
(a) That she was "some foreigner of high rank".
(b) That she was destitute.
(c) That she was murdered by someone she knew -- possibly Daniel's father.
(d) That she was a very famous actress.

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

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

11. How many younger sisters does Gwendolyn have?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

12. What will Mrs. Davilow's younger girls be doing to earn money for the family?
(a) Selling baked goods.
(b) Needlework.
(c) Working as house servants.
(d) Joining the nunnery.

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

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

15. What information does Lush discover about Gwendolyn's family while Grandcourt remains in Paris?
(a) That they are planning to kidnap and possibly kill Lush.
(b) That they are facing financial ruin.
(c) That they are very, very wealthy.
(d) That they are fleeing from Grandcourt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gwendolyn have to leave the city and the gambling so suddenly?

2. What relationship does Ezra first claim to have with Mordecai?

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

4. What does Rex tell Anna that he is going to do after he is rebuffed by her?

5. How does Catherine feel about Herr Klesmer?

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