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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main character's response to this insistence?
(a) He dismisses them.
(b) He listens without responding.
(c) He argues with them.
(d) He agrees.

2. What is Miss Churm's relationship with the main character?
(a) She is one of his patrons.
(b) She is one a representative from an gallery.
(c) She is one of his regular models.
(d) She is one of his servants.

3. How does James characterize Brooksmith' success in his new positions?
(a) He did not last long in any of them.
(b) He stayed permanently at the first place he could find.
(c) He found himself at home.
(d) He had a hard time adjusting, but ultimately resigned himself.

4. What outcome is the main character hoping his work will bring?
(a) Commissions for portraits.
(b) Investors for his gallery.
(c) A commission to illustrate a series of books.
(d) A commission to write a book.

5. What is Brooksmith's role at Mr. Offord's gatherings?
(a) Hiding the affairs.
(b) Moderating discussion.
(c) Managing the servants.
(d) Fixing drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brooksmith's reaction to Mr. Offord's death?

2. What does Morgan urge Pemberton to do?

3. How does James describe Miss Churm?

4. What distracts Dencombe from his meditation on his own future?

5. What does the main character think of the Monarchs?

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