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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dottie first write when she joins the Association?
(a) A chapter about meeting Fleur.
(b) A piece about memories of her early childhood.
(c) A piece about her sufferings over Leslie.
(d) Poetry.

2. How does Dottie initially react to the members of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) She tries to turn them against Fleur in retaliation for her affair with Leslie.
(b) She immediately begins making friends.
(c) She feels alienated, as she had not yet written anything.
(d) She is put off by their enormous egos.

3. What does Solly Mendelsohn do for a living?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a tailor.
(c) He is a journalist.
(d) He owns a bookstore.

4. How does Maisie Young react to Fleur's room when she first visits?
(a) She feels sorry for Fleur, wishing aloud she had a larger home.
(b) She loves the tiny room, viewing it as one might view the home of a Hobbit.
(c) She is amazed at its compact size, revealing an ignorance of the realities of being poor.
(d) She tries to convince Fleur to move into her estate.

5. How does Fleur define the word 'frankness?'
(a) As a code word for speaking too freely.
(b) As what most communication in these modern times is missing.
(c) As the only way friends should communicate.
(d) As a euphemism for rudeness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sir Quentin says that Lady Edwina is asleep when the first meeting ends, so Fleur does not take her out for dinner. When does she next see Edwina?

2. Who comes to visit after Fleur arrives home that first evening?

3. When Fleur first reads to Dottie from Warrender Chase, what is Dottie's reaction?

4. What did Fleur add to the first chapter of Sir Eric Findlay's story?

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

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