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

2. What happens to Simon Rosedale's fortune as the stock market drops?
(a) He loses everything.
(b) His stock portfolio is cut in half.
(c) He breaks even.
(d) It grows.

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

4. Who is Gerty Farish?
(a) Lawrence Selden's cousin.
(b) Lawrence Selden's married sister.
(c) Lily's cousin.
(d) Lily's best friend.

5. When Lily arrives at the Trenor house, what does Gus Trenor first tell Lily about Mrs. Trenor?
(a) Mrs. Trenor is angry with Lily.
(b) Mrs. Trenor is ill upstairs.
(c) Mrs. Trenor wants a divorce.
(d) Mrs. Trenor is visiting friends out of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs the moment of closeness between Lawrence Selden and Lily on their walk together?

2. Why does Lily join a party with Carry Fischer and another couple in the Adirondacks?

3. What does the note that Lily finds next to her bedside from Judy Trenor say ?

4. Who interrupts Lily's flirtations with Percy on the train?

5. Why does Lily go to Gerty Farish's apartment after her confrontation with Gus Trenor at his house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Lily's goal in life?

3. Explain the attitudes of Lily's family members in relation to her social standing and inheritance from her aunt.

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

5. Explain Carry Fischer's reasoning in book 2, chapter 6, for Lily to marry either George Dorset or Simon Rosedale.

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

7. Why does Lily envy Lawrence Selden's lifestyle?

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. At lunch in Monte Carlo, Carry Fischer tells Lawrence Selden that a prince was about to propose to Lily, and then Lily started flirting with his stepson. What incident from book 1 is this situation similar to regarding Lawrence Selden?

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