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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Florence's sole source of information about sex?
(a) Her mother's three-minute talk.
(b) A single day's lesson in health class.
(c) A paperback guide for new brides.
(d) Nature television programs.

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

3. When Florence and Edward are briefly alone during their wedding night dinner, what phrase does Edward whisper "for the hundredth time that day" (14)?
(a) What a glorious day.
(b) I love you.
(c) Huzzah.
(d) My dear wife.

4. Florence feels "the peculiar unshared flavor of her own existence" when she thinks of which element in her life?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her job.
(d) Her marriage.

5. What is the name of Florence's father Geoffrey's boat?
(a) Candy Slice.
(b) Melon Ball.
(c) Cinnamon Stick.
(d) Sugar Plum.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many miles does Chesil Beach stretch along the coast?

2. Once Florence runs from the bedroom and out the door after the couple's first calamitous sexual experience, where does she ultimately end up in her desperate attempt to run away from the situation?

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

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

5. When Edward wonders whether he should find a proper job instead of pursuing his writing, what job does he imagine taking?

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