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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fleur and Wally run into Gray Mauser, what does Fleur tell him?
(a) That she wants to borrow the key in order to clean the flat, as a surprise for Dottie.
(b) That she wants to borrow the key to surprise Leslie by editing his writing.
(c) That she hopes Dottie and Leslie put their marriage back together.
(d) That she wants to borrow the key to leave a surprise in the flat for Dottie.

2. What passage does Fleur find in Cellini, the book she sits down to read to ease her worries after she leaves Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) "I am now going on my way rejoicing."
(b) "Joy is the path I will follow."
(c) "We rejoiced when we saw one another."
(d) "I will live with joy."

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

4. 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 John Henry Cardinal Newman told him to form a group of followers and carry on his work.
(c) He says that he is a much better leader than John Henry Cardinal Newman ever was.
(d) He says that if John Henry Cardinal Newman can form a group of spiritual followers, then so can he.

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

6. What does Fleur realize when she gets home after learning from her publisher that he will not publish her novel?
(a) That the publisher has the only typescript of Warrender Chase.
(b) That perhaps she should use a pseudonym before trying to get anything else published.
(c) That Sir Quentin is right, and that she must admit her guilt.
(d) That if she renames the novel, she can simply take it to a new publisher.

7. Where does Fleur go after the reviews for Warrender Chase come out?
(a) Paris.
(b) Edwina's house.
(c) London.
(d) Wally's cottage.

8. How does Lady Edwina react upon receiving the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?
(a) She cannot stop crying and is begging for Fleur to come.
(b) She wanders off into the rain.
(c) She is in laughing hysterics and asking for Fleur.
(d) She becomes catatonic.

9. On what grounds has Sir Quentin threatened to sue for libel?
(a) He insists she has included passages in the novel that are exact quotes from confidential conversations.
(b) He said that she has stolen pieces of their memoirs and changed them negatively.
(c) He claims Fleur based her novel on the Association and cast him in an evil manner.
(d) He states that the members are very upset with Fleur and he is only trying to pacify them.

10. When Sir Quentin tries to incriminate Fleur by telling Lady Edwina that Fleur has had a professional break into their home and steal his diary, how does Lady Edwina respond?
(a) She grabs the telephone and calls the police.
(b) She tells Sir Quentin that she gave Fleur the diary because she despises him, son or not.
(c) She launches into an hysterical rant, insisting the Fleur leave at once.
(d) She stands up and wets herself, then tells Sir Quentin to leave because she pays the rent on the flat.

11. Where does Fleur find her manuscript after arriving at Dottie's flat?
(a) In the bottom of her clothes cupboard.
(b) In the bottom of her black knitting bag.
(c) Under her four-poster bed.
(d) Arranged under the tea tray in the butler's pantry.

12. Lady Edwina lived until she was 98 years old. She'd outlived her son and inherited his wealth; who inherited her fortune when she died?
(a) Solly Mendelsohn.
(b) Her manservant and her nurse, who had married.
(c) Dottie.
(d) Fleur, of course.

13. Which of the Association members dutifully visits Sir Quentin's grave daily, and converses with him there?
(a) Mrs. Wilks.
(b) Maisie Young.
(c) Clotilde du Loiret.
(d) Eric Findlay.

14. Fleur's job has changed from altering the manuscripts to what?
(a) Handling all of the financial matters regarding the Association.
(b) Handling Sir Quentin's business affairs, including composing letters that seem unnecessary.
(c) Full-time monitoring of Lady Edwina.
(d) Writing her own memoirs.

15. When Fleur discovers her original manuscript missing, who does she first assume must have taken it?
(a) Lady Edwina.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Revisson Doe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fleur calls her publisher again asking for the manuscript of Warrender Chase. Why do they tell her it was destroyed?

3. When Fleur calls the publisher's office to ask for the typescript back, what is she told?

4. What is the first thing Fleur does upon returning home with the bag from Sir Quentin's flat?

5. How does Lady Edwina feel about being solicited as an accomplice?

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