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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. 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?
(a) To Paris.
(b) To Nauheim.
(c) To Italy.
(d) To India.

2. In Part 4, Chapter 5, Captain Edward Ashburnham gives a woman a large sum of money. Why does he give the woman money?
(a) Because her house has been destroyed in a fire.
(b) Because she is blackmailing him.
(c) Because she's been accused of murdering her baby.
(d) Because he wants to purchase her sexual favors.

3. According to John Dowell, why is Leonora Ashburnham to blame for the destruction of her own marriage?
(a) Because she is a pushover.
(b) Because she is Catholic.
(c) Because she is Protestant..
(d) Because she is overweight.

4. Just before John Dowell comes to visit the Ashburnhams, Leonora Ashburnham bursts into Nancy Rufford's room and insists that Nancy do which of the following:
(a) Live with her mother.
(b) Marry John Dowell.
(c) Live with her fahter.
(d) Become Captain Edward Ashburnham's lover.

5. Of her mother and father, whom does Nancy prefer?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) She loves both of her parents equally.
(d) She despises both of her parents equally.

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. In Monte Carlo, why does Captain Edward Ashburnham buy an expensive gift for a courtesan?

3. On the morning Leonora Ashburnham is bedridden, what does Nancy Rufford realize after reading the newspaper?

4. How many days before the death of Florence Dowell does John Hurlbird die?

5. Which Christian denomination do Leonora Ashburnham's parents follow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does John Dowell dislike Rodney Bayham?

5. Who is Nancy's father? Edward White or Cornell Rufford?

6. Part 4, Chapter 4 seems to imply that the Ashburnhams have been lying to Nancy about her family. Is it right for the Ashburnhams to keep Nancy Rufford's family history a secret?

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

8. 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?

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. If Leonora has been so patient and accommodating of Captain Edward Ashburnham's actions, why is Leonora unable to forgive Edward for giving money to the woman accused of murdering a baby?

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