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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as the result of Florence's infrequent episodes of showing affection to her father Geoffrey?
(a) She is given everything she wants for a few weeks.
(b) She loathes herself later.
(c) Her father leaves her alone for a few weeks.
(d) Her mother becomes jealous and mistreats her.

2. What is Florence's nervous habit?
(a) She cracks her knuckles.
(b) She raises her hand to her forehead to sweep away an imaginary hair.
(c) She blinks rapidly.
(d) She crosses and recrosses her legs.

3. What body of water does Chesil Beach border?
(a) The English Channel.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The River Trent.
(d) Lake Windermere.

4. What reason does the narrator give for both Florence and Edward's lack of hunger on the night after their wedding?
(a) The wedding lunch had been large.
(b) The hotel dinner is unappetizing.
(c) The couple is too excited for the move into their new home the following week.
(d) The couple is too nervous about consummating their marriage.

5. The narrator reports that when Edward stares at Florence, she does not take what action that every other girl takes when he stares at them?
(a) She does not look away.
(b) She does not frown at him.
(c) She does not look back at him coyly.
(d) She does not leave the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Florence wear when she practices her scales that causes Edward to dream of a future daughter they might have together?

2. What word brings to Florence's mind "nothing but pain, flesh parted before a knife" (8)?

3. What is the main course of Florence and Edward's wedding night dinner in the honeymoon suite?

4. In what year of college does Florence secure a job backstage at Wigmore Hall?

5. For what reason is Florence "an old hand" (3) at traveling?

(see the answer key)

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