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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does nouveau riche mean?
(a) Rich food.
(b) A novel about rich people.
(c) A novel about money.
(d) New money.

2. 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) Carry Fischer is too flirtatious.
(d) Gus specifically requests that Lily pick him up at the train station.

3. How does Lily feel about Gerty's living conditions at the beginning of the story?
(a) She feels sympathy toward her.
(b) She is afraid for Gerty.
(c) She looks down on Gerty's situation.
(d) She envies Gerty's situation.

4. How does Lily feel when she sees Lawrence Selden at her cousin's wedding?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Unaffected.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Excited.

5. In book 1, chapter 12, why does Lawrence Selden congratulate Lily after her participation in the party entertainment ?
(a) Her success in tableaux vivants.
(b) Her success in nouveau riche.
(c) Winning a large sum of money playing bridge.
(d) Her success in charades.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Lawrence feel about Lily's reaction to his suggestion that they have tea at a popular cafe?

3. What does Gus Trenor want Lily to do now that he is a successful investor?

4. In book 1, chapter 12, what type of party entertainment does Lily participate in?

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

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