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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. How many days before the death of Florence Dowell does John Hurlbird die?
(a) Fifteen days.
(b) Twelve days.
(c) Five days.
(d) One day.

2. In Monte Carlo, what expensive gift does Captain Edward Ashburnham buy the courtesan with whom he is obsessed?
(a) A painting by Michel Angelo.
(b) An Arabian race horse.
(c) A Ming vase.
(d) A tiara.

3. What results from the affair between Captain Edward Ashburnham and the woman he meets during his reunion with his regiment?
(a) A child fathered by Captain Edward Ashburnham.
(b) Captain Edward Ashburnham acquiring syphilis.
(c) Captain Edward Ashburnham being arrested.
(d) Captain Edward Ashburnham being blackmailed.

4. In Monte Carlo, why does Captain Edward Ashburnham buy an expensive gift for a courtesan?
(a) Because he's attempting to support a child he fathered with the courtesan.
(b) Because she refuses to see him unless he buys the gift.
(c) Because he is being blackmailed by the courtesan.
(d) Because he is in love with the courtesan and wants to buy her affection.

5. At school, what does Nancy repeatedly do?
(a) Kisses one of her professors.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Breaks the same school rule.
(d) Wears the same stockings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters does Leonora Ashburnham have?

2. After Captain Edward Ashburnham's death, what Latin phrase does Nancy Rufford repeatedly utter?

3. Which of the following best describes Leonora Ashburnham's relationship with Florence Dowell?

4. What does Miss Florence Hurlbird want to do with the money that results from John Hurlbird's death?

5. The Ashburnhams receive a telegram regarding the care of Nancy Rufford's mother. In order to care for her, where does the sender of the telegram want to take Nancy's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of all the characters presented thus far in the book, who is the most right-minded?

2. Describe the fight that takes place in Part 4, Chapter 2, between Leonora Ashburnham, Nancy Rufford, and Captain Edward Ashburnham?

3. Is Leonora Ashburnham a sympathetic character?

4. Do you think the Ashburnhams have ever consummated their marriage?

5. In Part 4, Chapter 5, John Dowell claims that he is jealous of Leonora Ashburnham. What reason does John have for being jealous of Leonora?

6. Of what significance is the discovery that John Hurlbird's heart disease was a misdiagnosis?

7. Given Captain Edward Ashburnham's adulterous history, why does Leonora Ashburnham send Edward and Nancy to a concert together?

8. How has Captain Edward Ashburnham changed since his youth?

9. Leonora accepts many of Captain Edward Ashburnham's affairs; however, Leonora does not accept Edward's affair with Florence Dowell. Why does Leonora especially disapprove of Edward's affair with Florence Dowell?

10. Why does John Dowell dislike Rodney Bayham?

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