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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Edward plans to write a series of short biographies, whom does he choose as his first subject?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Genghis Khan.
(c) Attila the Hun.
(d) Sir Robert Carey.

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

4. What item does Florence flirtatiously accept from Edward during their wedding night dinner at the hotel?
(a) A cherry.
(b) A sprig of parsley.
(c) A ring of pineapple.
(d) A piece of melon.

5. During what decade does the couple's wedding take place?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1960s.

6. What is NOT named as an example of Florence's clumsy nature?
(a) Falling down stairs.
(b) Stubbing her toe.
(c) Bumping her head.
(d) Knocking things over.

7. How is the cellist in Florence's string quartet different from the other quartet members?
(a) He does not know how to read music.
(b) She has long hair.
(c) He is a man.
(d) She is blind.

8. What college does Florence attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University College.
(c) Oxford.
(d) The Royal College of Music.

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

10. In what subject does Edward earn his first degree?
(a) History.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) French.
(d) Biology.

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

12. When writing his dissertation about dynamic people, Edward discovers that even what element of life brings "little happiness" (15)?
(a) Sex.
(b) Money.
(c) Philanthropy.
(d) Success.

13. At what sport had Florence been adept in "her school sports days" (17)?
(a) Hurdles.
(b) Shot put.
(c) Javelin.
(d) Discus.

14. What kind of beach is Chesil Beach?
(a) A pebble beach.
(b) A black sand beach.
(c) An estuary.
(d) A golden sand beach.

15. How many people are said to have attended the same protest in Trafalgar Square that had been attended by both Florence and Edward?
(a) 500.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,600.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first sentence does NOT describe the narrative's main couple by using which description?

2. What is Florence's nervous habit?

3. What had NOT been on the list of Edward and Florence's fears in regard to their parents' behavior at the wedding?

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

5. What college does Edward attend?

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