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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 (sections vii-viii).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing Larry says he is interested in doing?
(a) Fighting
(b) Traveling
(c) Loafing
(d) Loving

2. Why does Maugham think Elliott wants to get Isabel's mind off Larry?
(a) To marry Mrs. Bradley
(b) To get back at Larry
(c) To seduce her
(d) To show off his connections

3. Which two characters does Maugham examine in this chapter?
(a) Elliott and Mrs. Bradley
(b) Irene and Mrs. Bradley
(c) Elliot and Gray
(d) Sophie and Gray

4. Why does Maugham think that Elliott cannot stop going to parties?
(a) He needs people around him.
(b) He is afraid of not being important.
(c) He needs to be loved.
(d) He is a drug addict.

5. With whom is Gray in love?
(a) Isabel
(b) Ellie
(c) Mrs. Bradley
(d) Sophie

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does Gray have a plantation?

2. Who does Maugham meet at the play?

3. Why does Elliott arrange for Larry to sit next to the Parisian woman?

4. Which character does Sophie sit next to at a dinner party twelve years before?

5. What does he order Elliott not to do?

(see the answer key)

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