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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?
(a) With his new lover, a male poet.
(b) With Solly.
(c) With a young hairdresser with whom he has taken up.
(d) With Fleur.

2. What does Fleur do while at home for two weeks with the flu?
(a) She takes a hiatus from writing altogether.
(b) She begins a new novel.
(c) She finishes her novel.
(d) She digs into Sir Quentin's past.

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

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

5. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?
(a) She is devilishly argumentative.
(b) She is rotund and plain.
(c) She is unpleasant and manipulative.
(d) She is beautifully awful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur react to Dottie's first written piece?

2. Why hadn't four of the Association members come to recent meetings?

3. Who does Sir Eric Findlay believe is no longer of sound mind?

4. What is Beryl Tims' primary task during the meetings of the Autobiographical Association?

5. How does Dottie behave when she comes down with the flu?

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