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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Fleur want to understand what Sir Quentin is up to?
(a) She wants to hire a detective to follow him.
(b) She wants to enlist the help of Beryl Tims, who seems closest to him.
(c) She wants to confront him with her suspicions.
(d) She is determined to become a victim of whatever he is doing.

2. When Fleur stays up all night going through her manuscript, what does she realize?
(a) She sees its shortcomings, but decides to leave it as is rather than rewrite the entire book.
(b) She sees that it does bear some similarities to the Association and makes changes to avoid any hint of libel.
(c) She believes it is exactly right, and is glad she didn't change anything.
(d) She sees its shortcomings and begins typing revisions straight away.

3. How does Sir Quentin try to justify his behavior to Fleur?
(a) He says that he just wants to be loved, and the Association members give him the devotion he craves.
(b) He says that he is a much better leader than John Henry Cardinal Newman ever was.
(c) He says that John Henry Cardinal Newman told him to form a group of followers and carry on his work.
(d) He says that if John Henry Cardinal Newman can form a group of spiritual followers, then so can he.

4. What is Fleur's greatest concern upon learning the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?
(a) That she will no longer have a job.
(b) Whether or not she should send her concern in a card or simply make a phone call.
(c) That this is only the first of many unsettling events.
(d) That her novel is unfolding in real life.

5. As a child, Fleur remembers having had to write a series of maxims in her copy book. These included: "Necessity is the mother of invention," "all is not gold that glistens," "honesty is the best policy" and what else?
(a) "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
(b) "A fool and his money are soon parted."
(c) "A stitch in time saves nine."
(d) "Discretion is the better part of valor."

6. What happens between Fleur and her publisher after he tells her he cannot publish her novel?
(a) She never sees him again.
(b) She weeps about impending failure, and he finally changes his mind.
(c) She takes him to court for breach of contractual obligation.
(d) She tells him that Sir Quentin has stolen her book.

7. Sir Quentin's death is nearly identical to the death in her novel of the character Warrender Chase. How is this theme continued at his funeral?
(a) Warrender Chase's followers all avoided his funeral, as did the members of the Autobiographical Association avoid Sir Quentin's.
(b) Revisson Doe comes to the funeral and quotes an exact passage from the end of the novel.
(c) Lady Edwina eulogizes Sir Quentin just as Chase's mother eulogized him.
(d) Beryl Tims speaks, using nearly identical words to those of Charlotte in the book.

8. What news does Fleur receive from Lady Edwina's nurse that evening, after she's learned that her novel won't be published?
(a) That Egbert Delaney has committed suicide.
(b) That Lady Bernice has committed suicide.
(c) That Mrs. Wilks has committed suicide.
(d) That Sir Eric Findlay has committed suicide.

9. When Fleur goes out with Wally, what does he tell her about Bucks Gilbert?
(a) He believes she helped Sir Quentin steal Fleur's manuscript.
(b) He can't imagine why she might have disappeared.
(c) He wishes he had taken her out on a date.
(d) He feels guilty that he never returned her call after seeing her at the party.

10. What does Fleur receive the day after she sits in the graveyard and visits with the policeman?
(a) A phone call from a new publisher inquiring about her next novel.
(b) A letter from Triad Press asking her to make an appointment with them right away.
(c) A letter from a barrister informing her that she would be remitted by Sir Quentin's estate for his unlawful use of her material.
(d) A letter from an American publisher wanting to publish Warrender Chase.

11. Fleur tells Sir Quentin that she knows he plagiarized her novel and plans to sue him. How does he respond?
(a) He insists that scribbling on a novel is why she was unable to do her job well and that it is he who will sue.
(b) He breaks down and confesses, asking how they can reach some sort of agreement.
(c) He says that if Lady Edwina did not care so much for her, he'd get rid of her himself.
(d) He laughs her off and tells her she must be completely mad.

12. With her manuscript missing, what does Fleur fears that it could be in anyone's hands, being put to any sort of use. What is her other concern about it at this point?
(a) That she will be embarrassed if the libel charge becomes public.
(b) That she will be left penniless if someone takes it and publishes it
(c) That if no copy any longer exists, Warrender Chase has ceased to exist.
(d) That without it, she will lose the inspiration to continue writing.

13. Fleur believes she saw someone in Dottie's window the night before. Who is it?
(a) Sir Quentin.
(b) Solly Mendelsohn.
(c) Revisson Doe.
(d) Leslie.

14. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?
(a) Come with her to buy new clothing that fits.
(b) Make sure the secret agents don't find her.
(c) Help her rewrite her latest chapter as she is not happy with it.
(d) Change her name to Miss Davids in her documents so the Trotskyites won't find and assassinate her.

15. What does Sir Quentin inquire about Fleur's future?
(a) If she has any marital prospects.
(b) If she believes her novels will succeed.
(c) If she plans to live abroad.
(d) If she would like to become a member of the Association rather than merely an employee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fleur do, by chance, that sends her gracefully into the fullness of her years, on her way, rejoicing?

2. Leslie's novel was published around the same time as Warrender Chase, and received feeble reviews. How is Warrender Chase received?

3. In the novel's present day, Fleur lives in Paris. Who has just been there to visit her?

4. Who is Mrs. Fisher?

5. What does Fleur find upon returning home after arguing with Sir Quentin?

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