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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Lily's alternative to her new position?
(a) Working as a cleaning woman in an orphanage.
(b) Marriage to George Dorset.
(c) The run-down hotel in which she previously resided.
(d) Working for Gus Trenor.

3. What is Lily concerned about at the beginning of chapter 2, book 1?
(a) Her reputation.
(b) Her social schedule being too busy.
(c) Being on time for the party at Bellomont.
(d) Making friends at the party at Bellomont.

4. What do Lily and Lawrence Selden discover as they walk together on Sunday afternoon?
(a) They have nothing in common.
(b) They are both in love with other people.
(c) Their true feelings for each other.
(d) They share the same ideas of success in life.

5. What is Carry Fischer's job?
(a) She is a social worker.
(b) She is an investment broker.
(c) She is a professional party-planner for the social elite.
(d) She helps newly rich families enter high society.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lily treat her new friends, the Gormers?

2. Why must Lily comply with Mrs. Trenor's request in book 1, chapter 4?

3. What is Lily concerned about when she wakes up at Gerty's the morning after her argument with Gus Trenor?

4. In book 1, chapter 12, why does Gus Trenor criticize Lily after her participation in the party entertainment?

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

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