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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dencombe feel he is in his life?
(a) In the beginning.
(b) Beyond the middle point.
(c) Still developing toward his peak.
(d) At the end.

2. How does Spencer Brydon acquire a second house?
(a) As a gift.
(b) As a business investment.
(c) He bought it.
(d) By inheritance.

3. What dose Miss Staverton say Spencer Brydon would have done if he had returned years earlier?
(a) Married her.
(b) Been miserable.
(c) Worked himself to death.
(d) Made millions of dollars.

4. Why does James say John Marcher lives like this?
(a) To search for the most suitable partner.
(b) To give himself time to make his secret less destructive in his life.
(c) To avoid others detecting his secret.
(d) To remedy his guilt about inheriting his father's money.

5. What happens to Dencombe before he can tell Dr. Hugh that he is a writer?
(a) He dies.
(b) Dr. Hugh tells him about the Countess and Miss Vernham.
(c) He faints.
(d) Dr. Hugh is called away.

6. What does Dencombe feel about his future?
(a) He expects to begin over again.
(b) He looks forward to critical appreciation for the book he is working on now.
(c) He is apprehensive about his savings holding out.
(d) He is depressed about his narrowing prospects.

7. Where does John Marcher work?
(a) In a government office.
(b) In a newspaper office.
(c) He is an artist.
(d) In a publishing house.

8. What is Miss Staverton's relationship with Spencer Brydon?
(a) Sister-brother.
(b) Old friends.
(c) Old lovers.
(d) Cousins.

9. For how long has Spencer Brydon been living in Europe at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 33 years.

10. Why does Dencombe feel this way?
(a) His previous books were not well received, and he does not expect this one to be either.
(b) This is his first book.
(c) He did not expect this money to come to him.
(d) He has published so many novels, he has gone through this before.

11. What does James say a damsel in a small village can write about, if she is someone on whom nothing is lost?
(a) Married life.
(b) Faraway lands.
(c) Evil.
(d) Military life.

12. What allows May Bartram to buy this?
(a) A gift from her fiancée.
(b) An inheritance.
(c) Profits from her novel.
(d) Her personal fortune.

13. What does Spencer Brydon do with the second house he acquires?
(a) Moves into it.
(b) Installs his friends in it.
(c) Renovates it to rent it.
(d) Installs his mistress in it.

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

15. What does Dencombe find when he reads his new book?
(a) He despairs.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He cannot pay attention to it.
(d) He is impressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James describe May Bartram's physical appearance?

2. How does Dr. Hugh create a reason to meet Dencombe?

3. How does James characterize Lady Bradeen?

4. What does Dencombe feel about his writing career?

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

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