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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. Why does Lush advise against Grandcourt proposing to Gwendolyn after Grandcourt arrives in Offendene from Paris?
(a) Because he realizes that Gwendolyn is very spoiled and rude.
(b) Because he thinks that his life will be in danger.
(c) Because he has had a dream that something bad happens, although he doesn't know what the bad occurrence is.
(d) Because he will now have to assume financial responsibility for Gwendolyn's family.

2. Why is Herr Klesmer hesitant to confess his love for Catherine?
(a) Because he knows that she is already betrothed to someone else.
(b) Because he is already married.
(c) Because he is financially beneath her.
(d) Because he knows that she hates him.

3. What relationship does Ezra first claim to have with Mordecai?
(a) He claims that Mordecai is a long-lost uncle.
(b) He claims not to know Mordecai at all.
(c) He claims that he found Mordecai homeless on the street one day, and decided to take him in.
(d) He claims that Mordecai is a former employee.

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

5. Why does Daniel pawn a ring with Ezra Cohen?
(a) In order to see whether he is an honest man.
(b) In order to borrow money from him.
(c) In order to take a picture of him without his knowledge.
(d) In order to spend more time with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mirah run away from her father?

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

4. How many younger sisters does Gwendolyn have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In contrast to what she originally believed, what does Mirah quickly learn about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

3. What does Daniel tell his uncle right after he finds the girl at the river?

4. How does Gwendolyn feel about Grandcourt after the ball?

5. What does Mirah believe about her brother and sister when she runs away from her father?

6. What is the main reason behind Lydia's desire to marry Grandcourt?

7. Why does Gwendolyn react coldly when Grandcourt tells her that he is going out of town shortly after their engagement?

8. Why is Anna a little disappointed to hear of Gwendolyn's engagement?

9. How does Rex react to Gwendolyn's rebuff of his confession of love?

10. How does Gwendolyn react when she enters her family's new rented house in Offendene?

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