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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Quentin inquire about Fleur's future?
(a) If she believes her novels will succeed.
(b) If she has any marital prospects.
(c) If she would like to become a member of the Association rather than merely an employee.
(d) If she plans to live abroad.

2. Who does Fleur run into at the Gilbert party?
(a) Beryl Tims and Sir Quentin, together in public for the first time.
(b) Leslie and Gray.
(c) Her landlords, the Alexanders.
(d) An old friend, Wally McConnachie.

3. How does Dottie describe Fleur's character, Marjorie?
(a) She says she is too much a vixen.
(b) She calls her sly and troublesome.
(c) She says she is evil and not very womanly.
(d) She wonders why Marjorie is so homely.

4. By December of 1949, where is Fleur's primary focus?
(a) On her novel, Warrender Chase, and an idea for a subesequent book.
(b) On figuring out what is going on in Leslie's life.
(c) On spying on Sir Quentin.
(d) On coming between Dottie and Beryl Tims.

5. What about Lady Edwina does Fleur particularly like in the beginning?
(a) Her grand entrances and extraordinary statements.
(b) Her thoughtful, kind demeanor.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her opinions about the various memoirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fleur realizes four things simultaneously in Chapter 7. She hears the sound of Beryl Tims heels approaching, Sir Quentin opening a deep drawer in his desk, the repetition in her mind of Sir Quentin's comment about her having delusions of grandeur, and what else?

2. Fleur's job has changed from altering the manuscripts to what?

3. Lady Edwina behaves erratically with Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims. What are the symptoms of her supposed dementia?

4. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?

5. Who serves as the primary comic relief in the early part of the book?

(see the answer key)

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