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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 Lily realize as she chats with Gus Trenor on the way home from the train station?
(a) He can help her with her money problems.
(b) Gus Trenor can speak to Percy Gryce for her.
(c) Gus Trenor is attracted to her.
(d) She is attracted to Gus Trenor.

2. What is Lily wondering about the night before she intends to go to Sunday morning church services with Percy Gryce?
(a) If she should really go through with her plan to win over Percy Gryce.
(b) If she should ask Gus Trenor for a loan
(c) If she should agree to marry Simon Rosedale.
(d) If Lawrence Selden came to Bellomont to see her or Bertha Dorset.

3. What does the note that Lily finds next to her bedside from Lawrence Selden say ?
(a) He tells her that he loves her.
(b) He tells her that he has proposed to Gerty Farish.
(c) He wants to see her the next day.
(d) He reveals that he knows about her financial arrangement with Gus Trenor.

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

5. 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 because of the way she treated Simon Rosedale.
(b) She is angry because she didn't think quickly enough to give a satisfactory explanation for being there.
(c) She is angry becase she forgot to ask Simon Rosedale for a loan.
(d) She is angry for letting herself be seen talking to Simon Rosedale.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens while Lily is deep in thought on Sunday morning before church?

3. In book 1, chapter 6, what does Lily admit to Lawrence Selden about Percy Gryce as they walk together on Sunday afternoon ?

4. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Mrs. Trenor feel about the friendship between Lily and Gus?

5. When does Lily run into Simon Rosedale?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lawrence Selden's background.

2. In book 1, chapter 4, what is the warning Mrs. Trenor gives to Lily?

3. 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?

4. In book 1, chapter 6, what does Lawrence Selden warn Lily about regarding her goals?

5. Explain Lily's dilemma regarding Lawrence Selden and Simon Rosedale.

6. Compare Lawrence Selden's feelings about women with Lily's feelings about women.

7. How does Lily deceive herself regarding her motives toward Percy Gryce and Lawrence Selden?

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

9. In book 2, chapter 11, what does Lily realize about herself based on Simon Rosedale's love for her?

10. In book 1, chapter 10, why does Lily donate money to the charity Gerty Farish tells her about?

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