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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily realize about the decisions she makes regarding Simon Rosedale and Bertha Dorset when she wakes up the morning after Simon Rosedale makes his offer to her?
(a) Her decisions will anger Bertha Dorset.
(b) Her decisions will hurt Lawrence Selden.
(c) Her decisions will cause her to lose her fragile social status.
(d) Her decisions will push Simon Rosedale away from her.

2. When does Mrs. Gormer's attitude change toward Lily?
(a) When Lily announces she is returning to New York City.
(b) After Bertha Dorset speaks with Mrs. Gormer.
(c) When Mrs. Gormer discovers Lily asked George Dorset to come to their house.
(d) When Lily forgets to send a party invitation to an important member of their social circle.

3. What is Lily's alternative to her new position?
(a) Working as a cleaning woman in an orphanage.
(b) Marriage to George Dorset.
(c) Working for Gus Trenor.
(d) The run-down hotel in which she previously resided.

4. What is Lily exposed to as a result of her new position?
(a) A very low class of acquaintances.
(b) Job responsibilites that she cannot perform.
(c) New opportunities to acquire wealth.
(d) A new social circle.

5. What does Lily confess to Lawrence Selden in book 2, chapter 12?
(a) She realizes too late that she loves him.
(b) Her financial arrangement with Gus Trenor.
(c) She never really loved him.
(d) Her need for wealth, material possessions, and social status.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nettie Struther invite Lily to her home after seeing Lily in the park?

2. Why is George Dorset at the Gormer's home at the same time Lily was there?

3. In Carry Fischer's opinion, what will George Dorset do if he finds out his wife is having an affair?

4. Other than a vacation from work, why is Lawrence Selden in Monte Carlo in book 2, chapter 1?

5. In book 2, chapter 9, what does Lawrence Selden want Lily to do regarding her new position and living situation?

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