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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A headband.
(c) Hair curlers.
(d) Spectacles.

2. How old is Edward when he marries Florence?
(a) 26.
(b) 22.
(c) 28.
(d) 24.

3. What does Florence notice happens after a girlfriend starts going steady with another student?
(a) Her grades fall.
(b) She vanishes socially.
(c) Her social status rises.
(d) She gets married within the year.

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

5. What item does Edward always keep in his jacket pocket?
(a) A paperback book.
(b) A letter opener.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A bottle opener.

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 color are Edward's eyes?

3. What is NOT one of Florence's favorite actions that the other girls at her hostel take?

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

5. During what decade does the couple's wedding take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is irony employed within the narrator's description of the moment Edward asks Florence to marry him?

2. What is the result of Edward's suggestion that the couple go downstairs to listen to the news on the radio properly?

3. How is foreshadowing present within the narrator's description of Florence's attitude toward arguments?

4. What is the author's purpose for using an allusion to the silverware collection in "the Ashmolean" (68) and how does this choice relate to a larger theme within the novella?

5. What example does the author provide to support the claim that Florence has come to find life within her family home as unbearably oppressive?

6. What beliefs does Edward draw from listening to blues music at the Hundred Club?

7. What is the effect of Florence finding the penciled performance notes in the trash at the concert hall?

8. How does the theme of secrecy emerge within the narrator's statement about Edward's previous experiences in hotels?

9. What is the symbolism of Edward's B- grade on his dissertation?

10. How does Florence describe her mother Violet's use of physical affection?

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