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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue; Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did David Barrie bring into the life of young James?
(a) Dance.
(b) Literature.
(c) Theater.
(d) Music.

2. Perhaps the highest point at this time in Barrie's life however was the beginning of a correspondence with whom?
(a) An actress named Minnie Palmer.
(b) His soon-to-be best friend, Thomas Hardy.
(c) His future publisher, Charles Frohman.
(d) His hero, fellow Scotsman Robert Louis Stevenson.

3. Edinburgh turned out to be the ______________ years of Barrie's life.
(a) Happiest.
(b) Oddest.
(c) Loneliest.
(d) Wildest.

4. It was obvious that Barrie was much more at home with ______________.
(a) Children than adults.
(b) Adults than children.
(c) Men than women.
(d) Women than men.

5. What seemed to intrigue Barrie the most while at school?
(a) Dance.
(b) The theater.
(c) Music.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Barrie get his first literary job?

2. James' school friend, Stuart Gordon, adopted the name "Dare Devil Dick" and Barrie was ____________.

3. Barrie's nephew Charlie was the impetus for Barrie's creation of a character named ___________.

4. Barrie was the ____________ child to David Barrie and Margaret Ogilvy.

5. Who were all dubbed as Peter Pan in the press?

(see the answer key)

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