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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At dinner in book 1, chapter 14, why does Gerty Farish mistakenly believe Lawrence Selden wants to marry her?
(a) He tells her that she should marry.
(b) He flatters her endlessly.
(c) He talks about their common interests.
(d) He talks about the future.

3. What is Lily's reaction when she sees Lawrence Selden while she is waiting for her train?
(a) She cries.
(b) She is happy to see him.
(c) She sends her companion to get him.
(d) She avoids him.

4. What does Lily intend to do with the letters she acquired from Mrs. Haffen, Lawrence Selden's cleaning lady?
(a) Give them to Gerty Farish for safekeeping.
(b) Give them back to Lawrence Selden..
(c) Hide them.
(d) Burn them.

5. Who are the Welly Brys?
(a) A newly rich family determined to undermine Mrs. Trenor's social success.
(b) The investment firm where Gus Trenor invested Lily's money.
(c) A traveling group of entertainers who specialize in parties for the social elite.
(d) A newly rich family trying to join Lily's social circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerty Farish tell Lily about Percy Gryce?

2. Why does Mrs. Trenor ask Lily, instead of Carry Fischer, to go to the train station to pick up her husband ?

3. What is Lily's plan for Percy Gryce whom she meets while on the train to Bellomont?

4. What does Lawrence Selden see when he goes to the Trenor house to look for Lily?

5. Why is Lily Bart waiting for a train when she is first introduced in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. In book 1, chapter 1, what is the reason for Lily's reaction to Lawrence Selden's suggestion that they have tea at the popular cafe as Lily waits for her train?

2. In book 1, chapter 12, what is the status of the relationship between Lily and Lawrence Selden?

3. In book 1, chapter 11, what does Grace Stepney tell her aunt about Lily?

4. Why does Lily turn down Carry Fischer's offer to care for the Welly Brys?

5. What example of racism does Lily demonstrate in book 1, chapter 2?

6. Lily meets and has tea with Simon Rosedale while on her way home from the chemist. What does Lily tell him?

7. Explain Lawrence Selden's idea of success.

8. Why does Lily believe it would be better to marry Simon Rosedale instead of George Dorset?

9. After Bertha has betrays Lily, how does Lawrence Selden feel toward Lily?

10. In book 2, chapter 10, what is Lily's outlook on life now that she no longer has her social status?

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