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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beast in the Jungle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the crowd like that came to Mr. Offord's house?
(a) Mostly women.
(b) All women.
(c) Mostly men.
(d) All men.

2. What is John Marcher there to see?
(a) Society women.
(b) His lover.
(c) Antiques and artistic treasures.
(d) Wild animals.

3. With whom does the main character become infatuated?
(a) Mrs. Jordan.
(b) Captain Everard.
(c) Lady Bradeen.
(d) Mr. Mudge.

4. What position do the Monarchs always occupy in the illustrations the main character makes?
(a) They dominate the others.
(b) They bring life to the pictures.
(c) They are the only interesting figures in the pictures.
(d) They drain life from the pictures.

5. What kind of people are the Monarchs, according to the main character?
(a) People who think they are buying artists, not paintings.
(b) People who go to the opera to listen to the music.
(c) People who visit country houses.
(d) People who keep a lot of pets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the young man, whom Dencombe sees approaching, doing?

2. How does James characterize the Monarchs as models?

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

4. What does the main character do to help Lady Bradeen?

5. What does Eve Sedgwick suggest was John Marcher's real secret?

(see the answer key)

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