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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Florence and Edward's wedding takes place at what location?
(a) Piccadilly Square.
(b) St. Mary's Cathedral.
(c) St. James's Cathedral.
(d) Hyde Park.

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 What is NOT listed among the outdated beliefs about masturbation when the narrator is explaining Edward's feelings about engaging in the practice?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

3. How does Florence feel about the prospect of having children?
(a) She fears the prospect of childbirth.
(b) She thinks that she would love being pregnant by Edward.
(c) She is worried that she will engage in the same types of abuse to which she had been subjected.
(d) She does not think she would make a good mother.

4. What is the main course of Florence and Edward's wedding night dinner in the honeymoon suite?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Eggplant.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Beef.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edward do with Florence's hand in the movie theater that causes Florence to leap out of her seat?

2. What item does Florence flirtatiously accept from Edward during their wedding night dinner at the hotel?

3. What color is Edward's single tie?

4. What is the name of Florence's younger sister?

5. What kind of beach is Chesil Beach?

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