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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Simon and Lily to the event ?
(a) Gus Trenor.
(b) Carry Fischer.
(c) Gerty Farish.
(d) Percy Gryce.

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

4. In book 1, chapter 12, what type of party entertainment does Lily participate in?
(a) Nouveau riche.
(b) Tableaux vivants.
(c) Charades.
(d) A bridge tournament.

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

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

7. 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 tells her that he loves her.
(c) He wants to see her the next day.
(d) He reveals that he knows about her financial arrangement with Gus Trenor.

8. How does Lily feel when she first sees Percy Gryce at her cousin's wedding?
(a) Unaffected.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Hopeful.

9. In book 1, chapter 5, what does Lily purposefully interrupt on Sunday morning?
(a) A chat between Percy Gryce and Mrs. Trenor.
(b) A business meeting between Gus Trenor and Simon Rosedale.
(c) A chat between Lawrence Selden and Bertha Dorset.
(d) The church service which Percy Gryce is attending.

10. What event does George Dorset invite Lily to in book 1, chapter 10?
(a) A party at his home.
(b) A party in the Adirondacks.
(c) A prayer service.
(d) The opera.

11. How does Lily feel when she learns that Gus Trenor told Simon Rosedale about their financial arrangement?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Betrayed.
(d) Suspicious.

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

13. What does Lily hope will develop from the time she spent with Percy Gryce on the train to the party?
(a) An offer of a loan.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) Investment advice.
(d) An introduction to one of Percy's high-placed colleagues.

14. What is the result of Gus's violence toward Lily?
(a) He orders Lily to leave the house.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He discontinues his finanacial support.
(d) He pushes Lily down a flight of stairs.

15. Why is Lily angry with herself following the meeting with Simon Rosedale as she was leaving Lawrence Selden's apartment building?
(a) She is angry for letting herself be seen talking to Simon Rosedale.
(b) She is angry because of the way she treated Simon Rosedale.
(c) She is angry becase she forgot to ask Simon Rosedale for a loan.
(d) She is angry because she didn't think quickly enough to give a satisfactory explanation for being there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lily acquire the knowledge to discuss Percy's hobby?

2. How does Gerty Farish feel when she wakes up the morning after the party and realizes she is in love with Lawrence Selden?

3. What does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily to do in book 1, chapter 4?

4. What happens to Simon Rosedale's fortune as the stock market drops?

5. In book 1, chapter 7, how does Percy Gryce react after Bertha Dorset talks to him about Lily?

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