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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 was staying in the second place when L wrote announcing that he would finally go there?
(a) Tony.
(b) Justine and Kurt.
(c) M.
(d) Jeffers.

2. Though the second place was built for M, who did Tony say would likely think it was for them?
(a) Justine.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Jeffers.
(d) L.

3. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?
(a) Life was fleeting.
(b) He could not be destroyed.
(c) There was no point to life.
(d) Every day was to be cherished.

4. What does L tell M he always feel the need to escape during their first conversation after he arrived at the second place?
(a) Fame.
(b) Society.
(c) His own mind.
(d) Women.

5. What does the narrator say she has wanted to be her whole life, but has never succeeded?
(a) Free.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Creative.
(d) Driven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?

2. What did L tell M he had spent most of his life as?

3. How long before she wrote to L did the narrator first see his artwork?

4. What reason did L give to M for not wanting to paint her portrait?

5. What was the only request Tony made regarding M's appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What issue did Brett have with the bed linen in the second place? What did she want M to do?

2. Describe L and M's first interaction the morning after he arrived at the second place. How did she feel about him? How did he make her feel?

3. How old was L when he first became famous? What did his critics find shocking about his early work?

4. What do readers learn of L's backstory in the fourth chapter?

5. Who is the narrator speaking to at the start of the novel? What does she say happened while on a train in Paris?

6. What does the narrator feel L's painting emanated when she first saw them that morning in Paris, which compelled her to follow it to the art gallery?

7. What did the narrator do on her final night in Paris and with whom?

8. What did Tony find after clearing the adjacent land he bought near the marsh? What did he do there?

9. What happened on the narrator's final morning in Paris when she saw a particular sign?

10. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrival?

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