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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. In Part 4, Chapter 5, Captain Edward Ashburnham gives a woman a large sum of money. How much money does Edward give the woman?
(a) Three hundred pounds.
(b) One hundred pounds.
(c) Four hundred pounds.
(d) Two hundred pounds.

2. According to John Dowell, why is Florence Dowell to blame for the destruction of the Ashburnham marriage?
(a) Because she behaved so promiscuously.
(b) Because she is Catholic.
(c) Because she is Protestant.
(d) Because she talked too much and was a flirt.

3. What is Florence Dowell's relationship to John Hurlbird?
(a) John is Florence's uncle.
(b) John is Florence's father.
(c) John is Florence's brother.
(d) John is Florence's lover.

4. What title does Leonora Ashburnham's father go by?
(a) Lord.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Captain.
(d) Sir.

5. How old is Captain Edward Ashburnham when he and Leonora Ashburnham marry?
(a) 22.
(b) 16.
(c) 29.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What results from the affair between Captain Edward Ashburnham and the woman he meets during his reunion with his regiment?

2. How does Captain Edward Ashburnham die?

3. What does John Hurlbird want to be done with the money his family would inherit from his death?

4. By the end of Part 4, Chapter 5, what does Nancy Rufford decide to do with herself?

5. After Captain Edward Ashburnham dies, where does John Dowell take up residence?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Do you think Nancy is a good judge of character?

3. 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?

4. Why does John Dowell dislike Rodney Bayham?

5. John Dowell describes Nancy Rufford as a young and exuberant Catholic school girl. Is Nancy as pious and righteous as her religious upbringing might suggest?

6. Does Leonora Ashburnham approve of the affair between Captain Edward Ashburnham and Maisie Maidan?

7. In Part 4, Chapter 1, what is John Dowell's motivation for blaming both Leonora Ashburnham and Florence Dowell for the downfall of the Ashburnham marriage and not Captain Edward Ashburnham?

8. What must Nancy reject in order to make her decision to meet her mother in Glasgow?

9. In Part 3, Chapter 4, John Dowell describes many unfortunate circumstances that contributed to the downfall of the Ashburnham marriage. With John's sympathetic portrait of the Ashburnhams in mind, do you think unfortunate circumstances are to blame for the destruction of the Ashburnham marriage or are the Ashburnhams themselves to blame for its downfall?

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

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