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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. On vacation together, what activities do Stephen and Mary particularly enjoy doing?
(a) Playing tennis and riding horses.
(b) Fixing Stephen's automobile and driving it through the city.
(c) Sitting in the garden and hiking through the hills.
(d) Swimming and reading books.

2. At Valerie Seymour's party, what is the name of the alcoholic painter Stephen and Mary are introduced to?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Claire.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Jamie.

3. In chapter fifty-five and fifty-six, who does Stephen pretend to be lovers with?
(a) Lady Massey.
(b) The alcholic painter, Wanda.
(c) Jonathan Brockett.
(d) Valerie Seymour.

4. After Martin's arrival to Paris, why do Stephen and Mary experience increasing tension in their relationship?
(a) Stephen is bitter that Mary has chosen Martin over her.
(b) Mary has growing feelings toward Martin and struggles with her ideas of staying with Stephen.
(c) Mary is bitter at Stephen for forbidding her to see Martin.
(d) Stephen and Mary experience no significant tension.

5. After her banishment from Morton, Stephen purchases a small flat in London with whom?
(a) Violet Antrim.
(b) Angela Crossby.
(c) Miss Puddleton.
(d) Jonathan Brockett.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Puddle react when Stephen suggests she move back to Morton?

2. Where does Stephen's friend Mary have family?

3. How long does Stephen live away from home before being called back to Morton for the first time?

4. After Martin and Stephen reestablish contact and friendship and spend time together, what does Stephen begin to realize about him?

5. How is Stephen's published third novel received by critics and the public?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important connections does Mary make at Valerie Seymour's Christmas party the year after she moves to Paris?

2. What writing advice does Jonathan Brockett give to Stephen upon the release of her second novel?

3. What is Stephen's life like two years after leaving Morton?

4. How do Barbara and Jamie die?

5. How does Mary feel when she learns that Martin is in love with her?

6. How does Stephen trick Mary into leaving her, and what is Mary's reaction to this trick?

7. How does Stephen react when World War I breaks out while she is living in Paris?

8. How does Stephen react when Martin Hallam writes to tell her that he has moved to Paris?

9. What type of tour does Brockett give to Stephen once she arrives in Paris, and what is Stephen's reaction to the tour?

10. Why did Madamoiselle Duphot return to Paris after living for many years in England?

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