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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Florence do when Edward asks her to keep still while he is trying to unzip her dress?
(a) She shoves him away.
(b) She freezes.
(c) She whimpers.
(d) She leaps out of bed.

2. Which department at Edward's college is rumored to be excitingly progressive?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Sociology.

3. How old is Florence when she marries Edward?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 26.
(d) 24.

4. What kind of music is performed at the venue called the Hundred Club?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Doo-wop.
(c) Blues.
(d) Classical.

5. How old is Florence when her father Geoffrey takes her on each of the two boat trips to Carteret?
(a) 15 and 17.
(b) 5 and 7.
(c) 8 and 11.
(d) 12 and 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator name as Edward's main activity during the weekends in his college years?

2. After what element of the members' lives is the string quartet named?

3. The narrator states that if Edward were to believe that Florence were "terrified of him" (119), then what would happen?

4. Florence likens her one moment of stirring sensual passion to what historical event?

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

(see the answer key)

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