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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one feeling Florence immediately has about herself after the couple's first sexual experience goes awry?
(a) She believes she is ignorant.
(b) She believes she is strong.
(c) She believes she is stupid.
(d) She believes she is inept.

2. What emotion horrifies Florence when she detects it within Edward's request for her to keep still?
(a) Agitation.
(b) Malaise.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Boredom.

3. What is the main reason that Edward accepts Florence's invitation to attend a quartet rehearsal?
(a) He wants to investigate whether the violist is a threat.
(b) He wants to investigate whether the violinist is a threat.
(c) He wants to investigate whether the cellist is a threat.
(d) He wants to investigate whether the bassist is a threat.

4. What verb does Florence's mother, Violet, use to describe Florence's violin playing?
(a) Screeching.
(b) Moaning.
(c) Praying.
(d) Singing.

5. Whenever Edward gets a point in the tennis matches against Geoffrey, Geoffrey mutters a lecture that Edward thinks involves what?
(a) Threats of violence against Edward.
(b) Threats of violence against himself.
(c) Threats of violence against Violet.
(d) Threats of violence against God.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason do Florence and Edward arrive well before anyone else at the string quartet's rehearsal?

2. When Florence whispers her feeling to Edward, she thinks that her words hiss "in her mouth like those of a" (103) what?

3. What is the name of Florence's string quartet?

4. In what area is Edward's childhood home located?

5. What emotion does Geoffrey exude every time Edward gets a point during their tennis matches?

(see the answer key)

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