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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves as the primary comic relief in the early part of the book?
(a) Mr. Alexander.
(b) Lady Edwina.
(c) Sir Eric Findlay.
(d) Fleur Talbot.

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

3. Sir Quentin offered Fleur wages of a "1936 vintage, and this was 1949, modern times." Why did she accept the position?
(a) She had been unemployed for so long that she was on the brink of losing her room.
(b) For the promise of a totally new experience.
(c) Sir Quentin promised to raise her wages if she proved herself worthy after the first week.
(d) Sir Quentin promised to help find a publisher for her novel.

4. How far back in time must Fleur go to tell us the story of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Three years.
(c) A summer.
(d) A decade.

5. What is supposed to happen to the memoirs being written by the members of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) They will be published in 70 years, so that anyone mentioned within will be dead.
(b) The material will all be ghost-written by a professional author.
(c) They will be published in a series, each author being one of 10 installments.
(d) Each one will be published upon the death of its author.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the first physical quirk Fleur noticed about Sir Quentin when they met?

3. What had Sir Quentin tried to do with the members' manuscripts before Fleur got to work on them?

4. When did Fleur finally finish Warrender Chase?

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

(see the answer key)

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