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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the reason that Mrs. Davilow tells Gwendolyn that they are not going to be traveling or moving abroad?
(a) They do not have the money.
(b) She is tired of catering to Gwendolyn's every desire.
(c) It is too dangerous to do that with the war going on.
(d) She is getting too old and feeble.

3. What is the dance that Gwendolyn states that she will not dance at the ball soon after she meets Grandcourt?
(a) The polka.
(b) The waltz.
(c) The quadrille.
(d) The stilta.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gwendolyn say that she cannot dance with Grandcourt at the ball?

2. From whom does Grandcourt learn where Gwendolyn has actually traveled?

3. With whom has Gwendolyn come to the city to gamble?

4. How quickly does Grandcourt want to get married to Gwendolyn once she accepts his proposal?

5. Who is Mr. Lush?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mirah come to realize about her father as she gets older?

2. Why is Mr. Lush against the idea of marriage between Gwendolyn and Grandcourt?

3. What does Grandcourt think that he needs to do in order to gain Gwendolyn's forgiveness as he learns that Gwendolyn has left town before he has had the opportunity to propose?

4. What does the letter that Gwendolyn receives on the night she gambles say?

5. What does Mrs. Meyrick believe about Mirah when she takes her in?

6. What are the two reasons that Gwendolyn regrets losing her money gambling?

7. What does Anna think that her life will be like when Rex is first mentioned in the novel?

8. What is Anna like in comparison to Gwendolyn once they reach their mid-twenties?

9. What does the letter that Lydia includes in the package with the diamonds that she sends to Gwendolyn say?

10. Why does Gwendolyn think that her family will travel abroad after she leaves Grandcourt before he can propose?

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