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

2. How does Lily view the results of her activities the first night of the party?
(a) She doesn't take the possibility of a stalker seriously.
(b) She considers the possibilty of revenge by a hurt party-goer silly.
(c) She views her gambling losses as a small price to pay to remain in her social circle.
(d) She panics, worried she will be dropped from her social circle.

3. Who is Grace Stepney?
(a) Lily's married sister.
(b) Gus Trenor's niece.
(c) Lily's cousin.
(d) Simon Rosedale's cousin.

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

5. What is the result of Lily's activities the first night of the party?
(a) She gambles and loses most of her money.
(b) She finds the man she wishes to marry.
(c) She repeats a hurtful rumor.
(d) She is banished from the party for cheating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus Trenor want Lily to do now that he is a successful investor?

2. When do the events of chapter 14, book 1, begin?

3. What is Lily wondering about the night before she intends to go to Sunday morning church services with Percy Gryce?

4. What does Lily realize when she discovers that Mrs. Trenor is actually at Bellomont?

5. In book 1, chapter 9, what is happening at the place Lily goes after her cousin's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In book 1, chapter 4, how does the author use the gossip of Judy Trenor?

5. In book 1, chapter 11, what does Lily's aunt do after Grace Stepney talks to her about Lily?

6. In book 2, chapter 7, what is Simon Rosedale's explanation to Lily for his refusal to marry her?

7. What are Nettie Struther's feelings toward Lily?

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

9. 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?

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

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