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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which words best describe the character of Florence Dowell's uncle?
(a) Generous, industrious, and eccentric.
(b) Prudish, judgmental, and haughty.
(c) Mean-spirited, selfish, and lazy.
(d) Soft-spoken, demure, and intelligent.

2. What is Florence Dowell's maiden name?
(a) Hurlbird.
(b) Dawson.
(c) Hagerty.
(d) Contingham.

3. What does Captain Edward Ashburnham do while he is in Monte Carlo?
(a) He gambled away an enormous amount of money.
(b) He purchased an estate.
(c) He sought medical treatment.
(d) He had an affair with the daughter of an admiral.

4. Which best describes Florence Dowell's social views and behavior?
(a) Florence behaves like a religious zealot who calls for the chastity and purity of women.
(b) Florence behaves like a revolutionary feminist who demands that women be liberated from social norms.
(c) Florence behaves quite like a modern woman.
(d) Florence behaves much like an old-fashioned English aristocrat.

5. In the Ashburnham marriage, Leonora Ashburnham makes it her personal duty to do which of the following:
(a) To convert Captain Edward Ashburnham to Catholicism.
(b) To turn Captain Edward Ashburnham into a faithful husband.
(c) To convert Captain Edward Ashburnham to Protestantism.
(d) To turn Captain Edward Ashburnham into a hardworking man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Dowell say it feels like to be a "deceived husband"?

2. What is the first name of Florence's uncle?

3. In Chapter 5 it's revealed that Captain Edward Ashburnham had resigned from his military commission. For what reason does he resign?

4. When the Ashburnhams and the Dowells first meet, Captain Edward Ashburnham has been serving in the military in which country?

5. Which character is a devout Irish Catholic ?

(see the answer key)

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