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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. Who do Miss Bartlett and Lucy run into on their outing in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Emerson.
(b) Mr. Meade.
(c) Miss Lavish.
(d) George.

2. Where is the setting of the second part of the novel?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

3. What does Lucy ask Miss Alan about the Emersons?
(a) If they are wealthy.
(b) If George is single.
(c) If they are nice.
(d) If they are royalty.

4. In a conversation with Mr. Beebe, what does Lucy have strong feelings about?
(a) Music.
(b) Proprietry.
(c) Social conventions.
(d) War.

5. What level of gratitude does Miss Bartlett demonstrate to George when accepting the room?
(a) She is warmly grateful.
(b) She is barely grateful.
(c) She is effusive in her thanks.
(d) She bursts into tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of group ride is taken at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What is the name of Lucy's home?

3. Miss Alan suggests impulses like Mr. Emerson's should be considered what?

4. Who defends Phaeton's attempt to kiss someone?

5. What topic causes Miss Alan to move the conversation away from the Emersons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the driver at the end of Chapter 20 symbolize?

2. Why is Miss Lavish interested in the experience Lucy has with the dying man?

3. What is the significance behind Cecil reading instead of playing tennis with Lucy?

4. The final chapter in A Room with a View takes place back in Italy. What does this location change symbolize?

5. At what point in the story does Lucy declare her love for Cecil and why?

6. What is the result of the view Mr. Eager shares with Lucy?

7. Lucy is often compared to Miss Bartlett throughout the novel. After she breaks off her engagement with Cecil, in what way does she become similar to Miss Bartlett yet again?

8. Why is it ironic that Mr. Eager sends away the Italian, yet encourages Lucy to embrace the view from the window?

9. Lucy reacts to the news of the Emersons moving to the neighborhood with calm. Why does Mr. Beebe showcase Lucy's reaction to Minnie, or the next generation?

10. What symbol in nature is used to express Lucy's emotion after her kiss with George?

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