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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 13.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the exhaustion and the stress of the day cause Lily to do when she tries to sleep the night she visited Nettie Struther?
(a) She steals another prescription for the sleeping medication.
(b) She increases the dosage of the sleeping medication.
(c) She renews her prescription for the sleeping medication.
(d) She speaks to the chemist about strengthening her sleeping medication.
2. Where does The House of Mirth take place?
(a) New York City, New York.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.
3. What does Lily realize about the decisions she makes regarding Simon Rosedale and Bertha Dorset when she wakes up the morning after Simon Rosedale makes his offer to her?
(a) Her decisions will push Simon Rosedale away from her.
(b) Her decisions will anger Bertha Dorset.
(c) Her decisions will hurt Lawrence Selden.
(d) Her decisions will cause her to lose her fragile social status.
4. What does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily to do in book 1, chapter 4?
(a) Leave the party and return home immediately.
(b) Secretarial tasks.
(c) Take over her duties as hostess.
(d) Introduce her to Percy Gryce.
5. What does the note that Lily finds next to her bedside from Lawrence Selden say ?
(a) He tells her that he has proposed to Gerty Farish.
(b) He wants to see her the next day.
(c) He tells her that he loves her.
(d) He reveals that he knows about her financial arrangement with Gus Trenor.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why must Lily comply with Mrs. Trenor's request in book 1, chapter 4?
2. What does Lily receive when she returns home after leaving Nettie Struther?
3. Who is Gerty Farish?
4. Who interrupts Lily's flirtations with Percy on the train?
5. What does Lily want from Lawrence at the beginning of the story?
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