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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season does Edward first tell Florence that he loves her?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

2. When Florence finds herself unhappy and resorts to her familiar technique of imagining what it is she would most like to be doing, what activity does she imagine?
(a) Lying in her bed at home.
(b) Standing on the train platform on her way to a rehearsal with the quartet.
(c) Having dinner with Edward once again.
(d) Walking in the woods with her dog.

3. Through Florence's eyes, the narrator describes Florence's mother Violet as having arms that are "thin and tense" (171) due to performing which two activities?
(a) Running and swimming.
(b) Kneeling and bending.
(c) Writing and thinking.
(d) Typing and writing.

4. What does the narrator name as Edward's main activity during the weekends in his college years?
(a) Playing football.
(b) Studying.
(c) Playing poker.
(d) Dancing.

5. Even though Florence "fears" (171) Edward as he is coming toward her on the beach, she decides not to run away due to what reason?
(a) She is desperate to apologize to Edward.
(b) She feels that to run away would be too cruel.
(c) She feels that she must bear the brunt of the consequences of her actions.
(d) She thinks Edward has probably already seen her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Florence's going-away dress that she changes into after the wedding?

2. How old is Edward when he marries Florence?

3. Whenever Edward gets a point in the tennis matches against Geoffrey, Geoffrey mutters a lecture that Edward thinks involves what?

4. What image is on the paperback guide that Florence relies upon for information about sex?

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

(see the answer key)

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