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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who relies on the main character for support?
(a) Her fiancee.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

2. With whom does the main character become infatuated?
(a) Mr. Mudge.
(b) Captain Everard.
(c) Mrs. Jordan.
(d) Lady Bradeen.

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

4. What warning does Miss Vernham give Dencombe?
(a) To leave Dr. Hugh alone.
(b) To take care of his own health.
(c) To pay more attention to the Countess.
(d) To tend to his health not his writing.

5. What does Dencombe expect when he opens the package he has received?
(a) To find that the check was for less than he expected.
(b) To be proud of his book.
(c) To see the flaws in his book.
(d) To get a dire diagnosis for his health.

6. What was terrible about the event John Marcher waited for?
(a) It consisted of nothing happening to him.
(b) It had already happened, and it had already prevented great wealth for him.
(c) It would have broken him if it had happened.
(d) It would have consisted of a great love if it had happened.

7. What is Dr. Hugh's reaction to Dencombe's book?
(a) He is profoundly personally moved.
(b) He is enthusiastic by reserved.
(c) He praises it lavishly.
(d) He is unrestrainedly critical.

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

9. What does the main character's fiancee encourage her to do?
(a) Abandon her alcoholic mother.
(b) Give up her job and move to his apartment.
(c) Move in with him before they are married.
(d) Move to the Chalk Farms neighborhood.

10. What assurance does Dr. Hugh give Dencombe?
(a) He will live forever.
(b) He will be immortalized in his books.
(c) He will write another six books.
(d) He will live a long time.

11. What does the main character plan to do, when she is disappointed by Captain Everard?
(a) Break off with Mr. Mudge.
(b) Marry Mr. Mudge.
(c) Expose the affair to Lady Bradeen's husband.
(d) Offer to work for Lady Bradeen.

12. Why does John Marcher think he was invited along?
(a) He would talk to the old ladies.
(b) He got lost in the crowd.
(c) He was so polite.
(d) He looked so pitiable.

13. What does Dencombe feel about his writing career?
(a) He has peaked.
(b) His best work is still to come.
(c) He still had good ideas he is anxious to explore.
(d) He does not have any good ideas left.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows May Bartram to buy this?

2. What does Dencombe find when he reads his new book?

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

4. What does Dr. Hugh bring to Dencombe after Dencombe's collapse?

5. Where does Spencer Brydon return to at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?

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