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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. What do Dencombe and Dr. Hugh assume about each other before they have met?
(a) They are both invalids.
(b) They are writers.
(c) They are book reviewers.
(d) They are avid readers.

2. Who is Miss Vernham?
(a) The Countess' paid companion.
(b) Dr. Hugh's lover.
(c) The Countess' niece.
(d) Dr. Hugh's assistant.

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

4. What had John Marcher told May Bartram when they met earlier?
(a) His crumbling financial situation.
(b) His professional ambitions.
(c) He declared his love to her.
(d) A great secret.

5. How does the telegraph operator help Lady Bradeen and Captain Everard?
(a) She contains the fallout of their affair.
(b) She poses as Captain Everard's lover for the sake of Lady Bradeen's husband.
(c) She hides their correspondence from investigators.
(d) She prevents Lady Bradeen's husband from finding out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Giovanelli?

2. To whom is the Munich engaged?

3. What quality does a premise have to have in order to be suitable for a novel, in James' opinion?

4. What does the publisher bring to Julianne Bordereau?

5. The Monarchs ask the main character to hire them as ___________.

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