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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters meet up with the Dowells in France during their honeymoon:
(a) Maisie Maidan.
(b) Captain Edward Ashburnham.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Nancy Rufford.

2. In the castle, when Florence Dowell touches Captain Edward Ashburnham, what is Leonora Ashburnham's reaction?
(a) Leonora kisses John Dowell on the cheek.
(b) Leonora flees the room in anguish.
(c) Leonora slaps Florence in the face.
(d) Leonora slaps Edward in the face.

3. 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 finds her comment to be old-fashioned.
(b) Because John assumes she is talking about religion.
(c) Because John thinks "the situation" is just a figment of her imagination.
(d) Because she has something stuck in her teeth.

4. Which character discovers Florence Dowell's dead body?
(a) Nancy Rufford.
(b) Captain Edward Ashburnham.
(c) John Dowell.
(d) Leonora Ashburnham.

5. After looking back on all the events that occurred during his marriage, how does John Dowell feel about his wife Florence?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He feels sorry for her.
(c) He feels indifferent about her.
(d) He still loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of Florence Dowell's death?

2. When does Captain Edward Ashburnham's disease begin?

3. Which disease does John Dowell suffer from?

4. How do Leonora and Captain Edward Ashburnham meet and fall in love?

5. What does Leonora Ashburnham do to the young woman whom she sees leaving Captain Edward Ashburnham's room at Nauheim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John Dowell identify with Leonora Ashburnham?

2. What is surprising about John Dowell's reaction to Maisie Maidan's death?

3. Describe the point of view from which The Good Soldier is written.

4. Why does John Dowell enjoy the train ride to the castle?

5. By the end of Part 2, Chapter 2, both Florence Dowell and Maisie Maidan have died. Compare and contrast the death of Maisie Maidan and the death of Florence Dowell.

6. John Dowell supposes that Captain Edward Ashburnham eventually tired of Florence Dowell's affection. What might have caused Captain Edward Ashburnham to become tired of his affair with Florence?

7. Describe the Ashburnhams relationship with the Dowells and the "nine years of uninterrupted tranquility" that transpires between them.

8. What is the significance behind the novel's title, The Good Soldier?

9. How is Florence Dowell's social behavior different from her family's?

10. How does Maisie Maidan die?

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