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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. How do Harriet and Margaret react when they see each other?
(a) They turnaway.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They embrace.
(d) They shake hands.

2. What does John say he would prefer to be doing?
(a) Watching a film.
(b) Reading in bed.
(c) Listening to the radio.
(d) Painting in his studio.

3. What does Harriet berate William for not doing?
(a) Inviting their friends.
(b) Ordering before they arrived.
(c) Securing a table.
(d) Tipping the bellboy.

4. What does Harriet want Hettie to show the world?
(a) Harriet's shallowness.
(b) Harriet's real self.
(c) William's shallowness.
(d) The nation's hypocrisy.

5. What is the name of John's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Hettie.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Harriet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harriet want Margaret to bellieve?

2. What does Jack say he is shocked about?

3. What is the name of Margaret's counterpart?

4. What s the setting of the opening act?

5. What does Hetty think Harriet should encourage William to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret think John is lucky to have her as a wife?

2. What do Margaret and Harriet's alter egos say to each other when they first meet in the opening scene?

3. How does William try but fail to please Harriet in the first act?

4. Why does Margaret's job upset John?

5. What do Maggie and Hetty both say they want?

6. In what way is William's character the foil to the other characters?

7. What does John make William see in the final chapter?

8. How does Margaret react to seeing John and Harriet kissing?

9. How does Gesternberg symbolize John as a starving artist?

10. Why does Maggie think John is taking his time over Harriet's portrait?

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