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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT presented as a possible cause of the "sound of several waves breaking in succession" (102)?
(a) The incoming tide.
(b) A sudden shift in the wind.
(c) The wake of a passing ship.
(d) A sudden shift in the tide.

3. For what new purpose does Violet want to use the family's unused garage?
(a) For an extension library.
(b) For an art studio.
(c) For an exercise studio.
(d) For a sewing room.

4. When Edward first touches Florence's inner thigh, he finds it to be "surprisingly" (109) what?
(a) Cool.
(b) Smooth.
(c) Plump.
(d) Hot.

5. Violet tells Edward that nuclear war is the modern equivalent of what?
(a) The Great Flood.
(b) The Biblical Apocalypse.
(c) The Pantheon.
(d) The Burning Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Edward lodge during his college years?

2. Florence feels "the peculiar unshared flavor of her own existence" when she thinks of which element in her life?

3. What is NOT one feeling Florence immediately has about herself after the couple's first sexual experience goes awry?

4. On the day Edward meets Florence, what vehicle does he use to get to the train station?

5. When Edward plans to write a series of short biographies, whom does he choose as his first subject?

(see the answer key)

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