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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52, 53, 54, and 55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah ask of Charles?
(a) That he loan her money.
(b) That he teach her paleontology.
(c) That he take her away.
(d) One hour of his time.

2. How does Knowles pull himself into the novel in Chapter 13?
(a) As a bystander who can attest to the truth of the story.
(b) As a counterpart to Charles whose experiences have been different.
(c) With questions regarding his methods and purposes for writing the story.
(d) As a novel critique presupposing what the real critics might say.

3. What does Knowles say the novelist is?
(a) An authoritarian because he or she writes only by the rules laid down by others.
(b) A plagerist because he or she copies from real life stories.
(c) A god because he or she creates.
(d) A deceiver because he or she seldom tells the truth.

4. When Sarah and Charles meet again on the path, what does Charles observe about her?
(a) That she is more intelligent and independent than she seemed.
(b) That he had stronger biases against her than he thought.
(c) That she had on a completely different outfit from the last time.
(d) That she was a striking beauty in the Edwardian sense.

5. How did Charles' father rid him of the desire to become a priest?
(a) By taking Charles to a brothel.
(b) By sending him to Paris for six months.
(c) By increasing his allowance.
(d) By threatening to cut off his inheritance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Endicott's Bible?

2. Why is Charles going to London?

3. What does Charles decide to do?

4. What happened to Charles' mother?

5. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?

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