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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupts Lily's flirtations with Percy on the train?
(a) Miss Gerty Farish.
(b) Mrs. Edith Wharton.
(c) Mrs. George Dorset.
(d) Mr. Simon Rosedale.

2. What does Lily realize as she chats with Gus Trenor on the way home from the train station?
(a) Gus Trenor is attracted to her.
(b) Gus Trenor can speak to Percy Gryce for her.
(c) He can help her with her money problems.
(d) She is attracted to Gus Trenor.

3. What does Lily want from Lawrence at the beginning of the story?
(a) She wants him to loan her money.
(b) She wants him to marry her.
(c) She wants him to be her friend.
(d) She wants him to find a place for her to live.

4. Why does Lawrence Selden call Lily a coward during their walk?
(a) She is afraid to ask Gus Trenor for a loan.
(b) She lied to Percy about having a headache.
(c) She says it would be risky for her to marry him.
(d) She won't tell Bertha Dorset what she really thinks of her.

5. What hobby of Percy Gryce's does Lily discuss with him while on the train to the party at Bellomont?
(a) The stock market.
(b) Her busy social schedule.
(c) Americana.
(d) Mutual acquaintances.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Lily spend the first night of the party at Bellomont?

3. In book 1, chapter 6, how is Lily able to spend Sunday afternoon with Lawrence Selden rather than Percy Gryce?

4. In book 1, chapter 5, what is Lily's initial motive for going outside after leaving the library on Sunday afternoon?

5. Why does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily, instead of Carry Fischer, to go to the train station to pick up her husband ?

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