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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does James characterize the main character's fiancee?
(a) Decent but dull.
(b) Diligent and devoted.
(c) Devious and disrespectable.
(d) Dashing but daft.

3. How does Spencer Brydon encounter the city he moves to at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?
(a) He is appalled by the changes.
(b) He finds it charming.
(c) He is fascinated by how it has not changed.
(d) He is repulsed by it.

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

5. Who is May Bartram?
(a) A tourist.
(b) A guest in the country house John Marcher is touring.
(c) A student studying in the museum John Marcher was touring.
(d) A teacher in the school John Marcher visited.

6. What is Captain Everard's relationship with Lady Bradeen?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Brother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Lover.

7. Where do the main character and Captain Everard run into each other?
(a) In the park.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) At the theatre.
(d) In the grocery.

8. How long did stories need to be in James' time?
(a) Around 3,000 words.
(b) Around 5,000 words.
(c) Around 10,000 words.
(d) Around 7,000 words.

9. How does James characterize the relationship between May Bartram and John Marcher?
(a) John is obviously in love with May.
(b) John finds May interesting but pedestrian.
(c) May is obviously in love with John.
(d) May relies on John but does not love him.

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

11. What was the content of the thing John Marcher told May Bartram?
(a) His love for her.
(b) His faith that something tremendous was going to happen to him.
(c) His homosexuality.
(d) His bankruptcy.

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

13. Where does May Bartram think she has met John Marcher before?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In Italy.
(c) In Rome.
(d) In London.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does John Marcher think he was invited along?

3. What does Dencombe realize as he dies?

4. What had John Marcher told May Bartram when they met earlier?

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

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