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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 2, it's mentioned that Nancy Rufford had once been knocked unconscious. For how many days was she unconscious?
(a) Twenty days
(b) Six Days.
(c) Half-a-day.
(d) Three days.

2. What term does John Dowell use to refer to the ambiguous character introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) He refers to her as "the girl."
(b) He refers to him as "the gentleman."
(c) He refers to her as "the governess."
(d) He refers to him as "the boy."

3. What does Leonora Ashburnham do to the young woman whom she sees leaving Captain Edward Ashburnham's room at Nauheim?
(a) She boxes the young woman's ears.
(b) She pulls out the young woman's hair.
(c) She slaps the young woman in the face.
(d) She tackles the young woman.

4. What does John Dowell say it feels like to be a "deceived husband"?
(a) Because he was naive, it didn't feel like anything at all.
(b) It felt as though he was being stabbed in the heart.
(c) It felt as though he was the most idiotic man to ever walk the planet.
(d) It felt as though his faith in God was being tested.

5. Why is John Dowell drawn to Leonora Ashburnham?
(a) Because he admires her piety and moral righteousness.
(b) Because she understands the difficulty of taking care of a sick spouse.
(c) Because he is aroused by her beauty.
(d) Because she's the only one who understands the heartbreak of infidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, Chapter 3, Nancy Rufford decides to travel to which of the following cities in order to take care of her mother:

2. How old is Leonora Ashburnham when she and Captain Edward Ashburnham marry?

3. What does Miss Emily Hurlbird think John Dowell should do with the money he inherits from John Hurlbird's death?

4. In the Ashburnham marriage there is a dispute as to how any potential Ashburnham children should be raised. What is the nature of this dispute?

5. What is Florence Dowell's relationship to John Hurlbird?

(see the answer key)

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