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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. How does Gerty Farish feel when she wakes up the morning after the party and realizes she is in love with Lawrence Selden?
(a) Cautious, but encouraged.
(b) Embarrassed and ashamed.
(c) Hopeful and happy.
(d) Despondent and discouraged.

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

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

4. How does Lily spend the first night of the party at Bellomont?
(a) Searching for eligible bachelors.
(b) Gossiping.
(c) Playing bridge.
(d) Playing poker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Trenor tell Lily after Bertha Dorset talks to Percy Gryce about her?

2. What does Grace Stepney do in her anger about the party?

3. What is Gus Trenor's reaction when Lily tells him that Mrs. Trenor wants her to marry Percy Gryce?

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

5. What is the result of Lily's activities the first night of the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Haffen, Lawrence Selden's cleaning lady, think that Lily would want the letters she found while cleaning Lawrence Selden's apartment?

2. What does Gerty Farish advise Lily to do regarding the situation in Monte Carlo?

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

4. In book 2, chapter 8, what is the status of Lily's relationship with Gerty Farish?

5. In book 1, chapter 13, how does Lily feel when Gus Trenor reveals his true intentions toward her?

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

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

8. In book1, chapter 12, why is Bertha Dorset interested in renewing her friendship with Lily?

9. Why doesn't Lily use the letters she acquired from Mrs. Haffen to get back at Bertha Dorset?

10. In book 2, chapter 5, why does Lily think Simon Rosedale will marry her for love?

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