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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot forget about their argument in Chapter 8?
(a) They fall in a pond.
(b) They are interrupted by Mrs. Fisher.
(c) They are summoned to dinner.
(d) They come across a vista of exceptional beauty.

2. How does Mrs. Fisher's opinion of Mr. Briggs change when she senses his feelings for Lady Caroline in Chapter 19?
(a) She appreciates him more.
(b) She thinks less of him.
(c) She is more intrigued by him.
(d) She feels embarrassed for him.

3. What does Mrs. Wilkins insist she and her husband do at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Discuss their future.
(b) Go for a moonlit walk.
(c) Keep Mrs. Fisher company.
(d) Retire.

4. According to Lady Caroline, what do Mr. Briggs and Ferdinand have in common?
(a) They are both attractive but unsuitable.
(b) They are both "beneath her" but do not realize it.
(c) They are both powerless to the effects of beauty.
(d) They are both the type of man she identifies as "a grabber".

5. Who becomes more restless in Chapter 16?
(a) Mrs. Fisher.
(b) Mrs. Arbuthnot.
(c) Mrs. Wilkins.
(d) Lady Caroline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lady Caroline Denster interested in the holiday?

2. What did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher feel they had the right to when they arrived at the house?

3. How does Mrs. Fisher feel when she finds Mrs. Arbuthnot and Mrs. Wilkins in her sitting room area in Chapter 10?

4. Why does Rose regret writing to her husband in Chapter 17?

5. What had "faded to the dimness of a dream" by the time the women arrived in Italy in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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