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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?
(a) With a young hairdresser with whom he has taken up.
(b) With Fleur.
(c) With Solly.
(d) With his new lover, a male poet.

2. Which of the characters in Fleur's novel most resembles Lady Edwina?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) Proudie.
(d) Charlotte.

3. What are Warrender Chase's intentions in Fleur's novel?
(a) He wants a new lover without giving up his current mistress.
(b) He is trying to start a religious cult.
(c) She never reveals them, only the effects of his actions.
(d) He wants to be rid of his lovers altogether.

4. Why does Fleur say she prefers writing fictionally over biographically?
(a) She hates doing factual research.
(b) She finds fantasy much more interesting than real life.
(c) She has yet to meet anyone interesting enough about whom to write.
(d) All the characters and the order of events are entirely up to her imagination.

5. How does Fleur react when Sir Quentin informs her that his mother is not of sound mind and that she should disregard any promises made about an inheritance?
(a) She is furious and tells him she would never take payment for friendship.
(b) She tells him he does not know his mother very well at all.
(c) She does not believe him.
(d) She is despondent as she had been counting on Edwina's generosity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur suggest Dottie cope with her suffering over Leslie's infidelities?

2. What does Solly Mendelsohn do for a living?

3. How does Dottie describe Leslie's novel?

4. Why does member Maisie Young walk with a limp?

5. Who takes care of Fleur when she is ill?

(see the answer key)

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