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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?
(a) She believes by confronting him, she can convince him to lower her rent.
(b) Fleur knows a confrontation would upset him, and she might have a good laugh at his discomfiture.
(c) Through a confrontation with him, Fleur can upset his superior-acting wife.
(d) 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.

2. What does Dottie accuse Fleur of when Fleur seems displeased at her connections to the group?
(a) Being jealous that she is getting close to them.
(b) Trying to steal the ideas of the members for her own work.
(c) Being jealous of her superior writing skills.
(d) Trying to undermine Sir Quentin's work.

3. When Fleur calls the publisher's office to ask for the typescript back, what is she told?
(a) That the papers have been misfiled, but once they are located, they will be sent to her.
(b) That it has been destroyed.
(c) That she will have to speak with the publisher directly, and he has gone for the day.
(d) That it will be sent by courier the following day.

4. When did Fleur finally finish Warrender Chase?
(a) February, 1950.
(b) November, 1949.
(c) January, 1950.
(d) December, 1949.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Fleur give for keeping all the letters she receives, including those from a book store to which she owed money?

2. Why does Fleur say she prefers writing fictionally over biographically?

3. How does Lady Edwina react upon receiving the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?

4. What is Fleur's greatest concern upon learning the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?

5. What does Eric Findlay interject in at an Association meeting, a phrase Dottie uses later that same evening to Fleur?

(see the answer key)

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