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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Monarchs ask the main character to hire them as ___________.
(a) His agents.
(b) His models.
(c) His servants.
(d) His publicists.

2. Who haunts the house on jolly corner?
(a) Spencer Brydon's father.
(b) Spencer Brydon's former self.
(c) Spencer Brydon's love for Miss Staverton.
(d) The man Spencer Brydon could have been.

3. What does Dencombe realize as he dies?
(a) People only get one chance.
(b) Books only live forever if they have readers.
(c) People die and get reborn all the time.
(d) Writers are already dead.

4. How does the main character describe the Monarchs' intelligence?
(a) He says that they stay away from intellectual pursuits that might cause them discomfort.
(b) He says that they are ignorant about reality, but current on reading the news.
(c) He says that they are brilliant at scheming socially.
(d) He says that they are not very intelligent.

5. How does James describe Pemberton?
(a) Weak and ineffectual.
(b) Sophisticated and smart.
(c) Outgoing and gregarious.
(d) Brilliant and curious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is improper about Winterbourne talking to Daisy Miller at first?

2. What is Miss Staverton's relationship with Spencer Brydon?

3. How does Spencer Brydon encounter the city he moves to at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?

4. Why does Lady Bradeen stop using the main character's telegraph office?

5. Where does Dencombe feel he is in his life?

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