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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. How does Fleur learn about the job at the Autobiographical Association?
(a) A friend of Beryl Tims recommends her for the position.
(b) In a letter from a well-meaning friend who she can't really recall.
(c) She overhears Sir Quentin discussing it at the public library.
(d) She reads about it in the local newspaper.

4. How does Fleur view Leslie's infidelity?
(a) She feels sorry for him and believes he is unable to cope with his own problems.
(b) She wishes he would leave his wife and marry her.
(c) She thinks his ego is overblown.
(d) She believes he is unfaithful to Dottie because Dottie is so unattractive.

5. Who does Dottie begin to confide in about her husband?
(a) Beryl Tims.
(b) Sir Eric Findlay.
(c) Sir Quentin.
(d) Lady Edwina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?

2. Who is Revisson Doe?

3. On whom did Fleur base the title character is Warrender Chase?

4. How do Gray and Fleur define the differences between men and women?

5. Which Association member does Fleur take a liking to at the first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Fleur and her lover, Leslie.

2. How does Fleur meet Lady Edwina?

3. What is the first publisher's reaction to Fleur's novel, Warrender Chase?

4. What happens in January of 1950 that begins to shed light on Sir Quentin's intentions?

5. Explain Fleur's confusion, early on, about her novel, Warrender Chase and how it related to the events with the Association.

6. How does Fleur spend that first meeting of the Association?

7. How did Fleur feel about spending the evening in pub with Gray Mauser after her argument with Maisie?

8. Fleur describes both Beryl Tims and Dottie, the wife of Fleur's lover, as "English Roses." What does she mean by this?

9. What does Fleur find unusual about Dottie when she visits Fleur after returning from Ireland?

10. How does recounting her adventures with the Autobiographical Association make Fleur feel about the differences between fiction and nonfiction?

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