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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years of "uninterrupted tranquility" transpire between the Ashburnhams and the Dowells?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Thirteen years.
(d) Nine years.

2. On the night of the Dowell's engagement, how does John Dowell get into Florence's bedroom?
(a) He climbs into her room by a rope ladder.
(b) He digs a tunnel under her room and burrows his way in.
(c) He pole vaults into her room with a very large stick.
(d) He climbs into her room from a tree.

3. What is Nancy Rufford's relationship to Leonora Ashburnham?
(a) Nancy is Leonora's maid.
(b) Nancy is Leonora's governess.
(c) Nancy is Leonora's ward.
(d) Nancy is Leonora's cousin.

4. In the first chapter, the narrator compares the institution of marriage to what?
(a) A red rose.
(b) A rotten apple and a prison.
(c) A runaway train and an enduring flame.
(d) A ball and chain.

5. Why does John Dowell laugh at Leonora Ashburnham when she says she can't "accept the situation" between Florence Dowell and Captain Edward Ashburnham?
(a) Because John assumes she is talking about religion.
(b) Because John thinks "the situation" is just a figment of her imagination.
(c) Because she has something stuck in her teeth.
(d) Because John finds her comment to be old-fashioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night of Florence Dowell's death, what does Captain Edward Ashburnham tell Nancy Rufford?

2. What sort of man does Florence Dowell want to marry?

3. How do the Dowells meet the Ashburnhams for the first time?

4. In the second chapter, it's revealed that John and Florence Dowell spend twelve years of their marriage doing what?

5. When does Florence Dowell's disease begin?

(see the answer key)

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