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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily, instead of Carry Fischer, to go to the train station to pick up her husband ?
(a) Carry Fischer always asks Gus Trenor for money.
(b) Carry Fischer has a questionable reputation.
(c) Gus specifically requests that Lily pick him up at the train station.
(d) Carry Fischer is too flirtatious.

2. What does Lily tell Simon when he questions her presence at Lawrence's apartment building?
(a) She says she had tea with Lawrence Selden.
(b) She says she visited a dressmaker in the building.
(c) She says she was visiting a sick friend.
(d) She says she was looking for an apartment for herself.

3. What is Gerty's financial situation at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is an heiress, independently wealthy.
(b) She is homeless, having lost everything to a conniving ex-fiance.
(c) She lives with an aunt who finances her extravagant lifestyle.
(d) She is poor and has to work to support her meager lifestyle.

4. Why is Lily envious of Mrs. Bertha Dorset's flirting with Percy Gryce at the party?
(a) She envies the attention Percy Gryce is giving to Mrs. Dorset.
(b) Lily envies Mrs. Dorset because she is attracted to Mrs. Dorset's husband.
(c) She envies the freedom of a married woman to get and discard a man without repercussions.
(d) She envies Mrs. Dorset's freedom from worry about finances.

5. Who is Gerty Farish?
(a) Lawrence Selden's cousin.
(b) Lily's best friend.
(c) Lily's cousin.
(d) Lawrence Selden's married sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Lily and Lawrence Selden are walking together, what does he tell Lily about his idea of success?

2. In book 1, chapter 5, what does Lily purposefully interrupt on Sunday morning?

3. What happens while Lily is deep in thought on Sunday morning before church?

4. What hobby of Percy Gryce's does Lily discuss with him while on the train to the party at Bellomont?

5. Whom did the hostess of the party promise Mrs. George Dorset would be at the party?

(see the answer key)

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