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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Fleur leave her job and write full-time?
(a) Because she continues to mine the manuscripts for ideas.
(b) Because she needs the money and the job has caught her interest.
(c) Because she needs to be around the people on whom she has based some of her characters.
(d) Because she has become close to Lady Edwina.

2. What is that Sir Quentin has been enforcing upon the members?
(a) A series of stringent deadlines.
(b) An early curfew so that the rest might heighten their creativity.
(c) A rigorous exercise routine, to sharpen their minds.
(d) A "purifying fast."

3. When Fleur first reads to Dottie from Warrender Chase, what is Dottie's reaction?
(a) She raves about what a fine writer Fleur has become.
(b) She is confused by the plot line and can't keep the characters straight.
(c) She thinks the funeral scene is too cold.
(d) She accuses Fleur of stealing ideas from the group.

4. What does Fleur do with her companion at the party?
(a) They get heavily intoxicated.
(b) They dance, even though no music playing.
(c) They eat most of the food at the party.
(d) She convinces him to publish her next novel, sight unseen.

5. How does Fleur view Leslie's infidelity?
(a) She wishes he would leave his wife and marry her.
(b) She thinks his ego is overblown.
(c) She feels sorry for him and believes he is unable to cope with his own problems.
(d) She believes he is unfaithful to Dottie because Dottie is so unattractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur manage to attend one of Bucks Gilbert's parties?

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

3. Who begins taking Sunday afternoon walks with Fleur and Lady Edwina?

4. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?

5. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?

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