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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Fleur react to Dottie's criticism of the character, Marjorie, in her book?
(a) She bursts into tears and asks Dottie to leave.
(b) She becomes depressed, believing that perhaps she is not a good writer, after all.
(c) She becomes very angry and tears up her manuscript, sending Dottie home.
(d) She agrees with Dottie and decides she must rewrite the character.

3. On whom did Fleur base the title character is Warrender Chase?
(a) No one; the character was already developed before she met her new employer.
(b) He is based on Fleur's grandfather.
(c) He is based on Fleur's lover, Leslie.
(d) He is based on Sir Quentin.

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

5. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?
(a) Fleur knows a confrontation would upset him, and she might have a good laugh at his discomfiture.
(b) She believes by confronting him, she can convince him to lower her rent.
(c) Fleur believes she has a demon inside her that rejoices in seeing people not just as they are, but more and more of how they are.
(d) Through a confrontation with him, Fleur can upset his superior-acting wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dottie first write when she joins the Association?

2. What happens to the first publisher who offered Fleur a contract for Warrender Chase?

3. How had her main character, Warrender Chase, distinguished himself before the events of the novel begin?

4. Why does Mr. Alexander keep insisting that Fleur move into a larger room in the his boarding house?

5. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?

(see the answer key)

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