View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image is on the paperback guide that Florence relies upon for information about sex?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Two stick figures holding hands.
(c) Two hearts.
(d) A garden with hovering birds and bees.

2. What is NOT listed among the outdated beliefs about masturbation when the narrator is explaining Edward's feelings about engaging in the practice?
(a) Masturbation is sinful.
(b) Masturbation is detectable due to the appearance of the person engaging in it.
(c) Masturbation causes hair to grow on one's palms.
(d) Masturbation causes blindness.

3. What word brings to Florence's mind "nothing but pain, flesh parted before a knife" (8)?
(a) Penetration.
(b) Entered.
(c) Proclivity.
(d) Intercourse.

4. When writing his dissertation about dynamic people, Edward discovers that even what element of life brings "little happiness" (15)?
(a) Money.
(b) Success.
(c) Philanthropy.
(d) Sex.

5. What does Florence do as a result of reading the words, "At B attack!" on the Amadeus Quartet's performance notes?
(a) She changes her major.
(b) She forms her own string quartet.
(c) She delivers her resignation to the dean.
(d) She decides to start composing music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Florence describes Edward as virtually the only man she has ever met who does not engage in what practice?

2. How many people are said to have attended the same protest in Trafalgar Square that had been attended by both Florence and Edward?

3. The narrator names Edward's "one serious unphysical pastime" as what?

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

5. The narrator states that when Edward first sees Florence, the lighting makes her face resemble a what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 273 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample