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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Lily comply with Mrs. Trenor's request in book 1, chapter 4?
(a) Everyone at the party must take turns helping Mrs. Trenor.
(b) Her aunt has become deathly ill and has no one else to care for her.
(c) Mrs. Trenor threatens to tell Percy Gryce that Lily is searching for a wealthy husband.
(d) She is the least wealthy member of her social group, so her soacial standing depends on helping Mrs. Trenor.

2. When Lily arrives at the Trenor house, what does Gus Trenor first tell Lily about Mrs. Trenor?
(a) Mrs. Trenor is visiting friends out of town.
(b) Mrs. Trenor is angry with Lily.
(c) Mrs. Trenor wants a divorce.
(d) Mrs. Trenor is ill upstairs.

3. Who accompanies Simon and Lily to the event ?
(a) Gerty Farish.
(b) Gus Trenor.
(c) Carry Fischer.
(d) Percy Gryce.

4. What does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily to do in book 1, chapter 4?
(a) Secretarial tasks.
(b) Take over her duties as hostess.
(c) Introduce her to Percy Gryce.
(d) Leave the party and return home immediately.

5. Whom did the hostess of the party promise Mrs. George Dorset would be at the party?
(a) Gus Trenor.
(b) Percy Gryce.
(c) Simon Rosedale.
(d) Lawrence Selden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lily feel when she wakes up on the Dorset's yacht the morning after she sees Lawrence Selden in Nice?

2. Why does Lily go to Gerty Farish's apartment after her confrontation with Gus Trenor at his house?

3. Why does Lily join a party with Carry Fischer and another couple in the Adirondacks?

4. What is the result of Gus's violence toward Lily?

5. Who appears at the party at Bellomont at the end of the third day?

(see the answer key)

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