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

2. Who interrupts Lily's flirtations with Percy on the train?
(a) Mrs. Edith Wharton.
(b) Miss Gerty Farish.
(c) Mr. Simon Rosedale.
(d) Mrs. George Dorset.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Lily concerned about at the beginning of chapter 2, book 1?

3. What problem might Lily have as shown by the results of her activities the first night of the party?

4. What does Lily tell Simon when he questions her presence at Lawrence's apartment building?

5. How does Lily feel about Gerty's living conditions at the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the steps Lily uses in book 1, chapter 2, to attract the attention of Percy Gryce while on the train to the party at Bellomont.

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

3. Describe Lawrence Selden's background.

4. In book 1, chapter 15, what does Lily realize regarding her debt to Gus Trenor?

5. Even though Lily is in love with Lawrence Selden,why does she fight her feelings for him?

6. What will Lily's marriage to Simon Rosedale mean to Lily's self-perception?

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

8. What three options does Lily have regarding her debt to Gus Trenor?

9. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Lily describe Gerty Farish?

10. At the end of the story, what helps Lawrence Selden understand Lily's financial arrangement with Gus Trenor?

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