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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character?
(a) A telegraph operator.
(b) A Countess.
(c) A clerk.
(d) A factory girl.

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

3. How does James characterize the lifestyle John Marcher leads?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Active.
(c) Philanthropic.
(d) Social.

4. What did the old superstition say about fiction?
(a) It undermines religion.
(b) It is politically subversive.
(c) It is wicked.
(d) It is a form of insanity.

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

6. Where does John Marcher meet May Bartram?
(a) In London.
(b) In Paris.
(c) During a theatre performance.
(d) Touring a country house.

7. 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) Military life.
(c) Faraway lands.
(d) Evil.

8. How does James characterize Spencer Brydon's lifestyle all these years?
(a) Penurious.
(b) Niggardly.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Shabby.

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

10. In what month is 'The Middle Years' set?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) September.
(d) June.

11. What does John Marcher realize he should have done?
(a) Fallen in love with May Bartram.
(b) Moved in with May Bartram.
(c) Let May Bartram teach him about philanthropy.
(d) Taken May Bartram for a mistress.

12. What disappointing news does the main character find out about Captain Everard?
(a) He is heavily in debt.
(b) He has many mistresses.
(c) He is generally regarded as a scoundrel.
(d) He is dying of tuberculosis.

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

14. Whose house is on Jolly Corner?
(a) Miss Staverton's family's house.
(b) Spencer Brydon's business partner's.
(c) Spencer Brydon's family's house.
(d) Miss Staverton's lover's.

15. How does James characterize John Marcher's social life?
(a) He travels as much as possible.
(b) He accepts invitations from time to time.
(c) He hardly ever goes out.
(d) He is always socializing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dencombe expect when he opens the package he has received?

2. What does Spencer Brydon do with the second house he acquires?

3. What was the content of the thing John Marcher told May Bartram?

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

5. To whom is the Munich engaged?

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