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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is clear to the reader and to Captain Everard, but not to the main character?
(a) Captain Everard does not return her affection.
(b) Captain Everard is getting bored with Lady Bradeen.
(c) Captain Everard is fascinated with the main character.
(d) Lady Bradeen's husband is finding out about his wife's affair.

6. How does Dr. Hugh create a reason to meet Dencombe?
(a) He goes out of his way to stop at Dencombe's bench.
(b) He feigns a cramp in his leg.
(c) He leaves his book on Dencombe's bench.
(d) He feigns shortness of breath.

7. Where does Spencer Brydon return to at the beginning of 'Jolly Corner'?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

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

9. How does James characterize the neighborhood where the telegraph office is located?
(a) Lower-class.
(b) Dingy.
(c) Upscale.
(d) Bustling.

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

11. What does John Marcher realize about the event he was waiting for?
(a) He had been looking in all the wrong places.
(b) He was not worthy of it.
(c) He was mistaken about it from the start.
(d) It was never going to happen.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character think Captain Everard thinks about her?

2. What distracts Dencombe from his meditation on his own future?

3. Where does John Marcher meet May Bartram?

4. What does Dencombe realize as he dies?

5. What is Miss Staverton's relationship with Spencer Brydon?

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