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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the hostess of the party promise Mrs. George Dorset would be at the party?
(a) Percy Gryce.
(b) Gus Trenor.
(c) Simon Rosedale.
(d) Lawrence Selden.

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

3. What does Lily realize when she discovers that Mrs. Trenor is actually at Bellomont?
(a) Mrs. Trenor has been ill for an extended period of time.
(b) Gus Trenor tricked Lily into seeing him alone.
(c) Mrs. Trenor suspects that Lily and Gus are having a love affair.
(d) Gus Trenor is going to discontinue his financial support of Lily.

4. While Lily and Lawrence Selden are walking together, what does he tell Lily about his idea of success?
(a) Success is freedom from materialism.
(b) Success is doing well in the stock market.
(c) Success is attaining all the goals one has set out to achieve.
(d) Success is the ability to purchase anything one desires.

5. Why does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily, instead of Carry Fischer, to go to the train station to pick up her husband ?
(a) Carry Fischer is too flirtatious.
(b) Carry Fischer has a questionable reputation.
(c) Carry Fischer always asks Gus Trenor for money.
(d) Gus specifically requests that Lily pick him up at the train station.

6. Who decides to give a party around the holidays?
(a) Gus Trenor.
(b) Lily's aunt.
(c) Lily.
(d) Simon Rosedale.

7. How does Lily view the results of her activities the first night of the party?
(a) She considers the possibilty of revenge by a hurt party-goer silly.
(b) She panics, worried she will be dropped from her social circle.
(c) She views her gambling losses as a small price to pay to remain in her social circle.
(d) She doesn't take the possibility of a stalker seriously.

8. What does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily to do in book 1, chapter 4?
(a) Secretarial tasks.
(b) Leave the party and return home immediately.
(c) Introduce her to Percy Gryce.
(d) Take over her duties as hostess.

9. What does Grace Stepney do in Lily's absence?
(a) Cares for Lily's younger cousins.
(b) Spends time with her aunt.
(c) Spends time with Gus Trenor.
(d) Attends the opera with Simon Rosedale.

10. Where does Lily acquire the knowledge to discuss Percy's hobby?
(a) From her own hobby.
(b) From the book she was reading on the train.
(c) From gossip with friends in her own social circlre.
(d) From a conversation with Lawrence Selden.

11. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Mrs. Trenor feel about the friendship between Lily and Gus?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Envious.

12. Why does Lily join a party with Carry Fischer and another couple in the Adirondacks?
(a) Lily needs to take a vacation.
(b) Lily has no other social engagements.
(c) Lily wants to get away from Gus Trenor.
(d) Lily wants to spend the money she received from Gus Trenor.

13. How does Lily acquire letters found by Mrs. Haffen, Lawrence Selden's cleaning lady?
(a) Mrs. Haffen leaves them outside Lily's door.
(b) Mrs. Haffen sells the letters to Lily.
(c) Lily finds them in Mrs. Haffen's cleaning supplies.
(d) After Mrs. Haffen finds them, she gives them to Lawrence Selden, who gives them to Lily.

14. Who appears at the party at Bellomont at the end of the third day?
(a) Percy Gryce.
(b) Gus Trenor.
(c) Simon Rosedale.
(d) Lawrence Selden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In book 1, chapter 5, what does Lily intend to do on Sunday morning?

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

3. In book 1, chapter 5, why does Lily waste time once she is outside after leaving the library?

4. Who is Mrs. Van Osburgh?

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

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