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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One and Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary say when the Princess points out what a good catch Edgar would be?
(a) That Edgar is unlikely to ask Mary to be his wife because of their great age difference.
(b) That Edgar is like an older brother to Mary.
(c) The Princess should consider him.
(d) The woman Edgar has asked to marry him is very lucky.

2. Who is generally in good humor?
(a) Nina.
(b) Mary.
(c) Edgar.
(d) The Princess.

3. Who is Edgar Swift?
(a) The tenant of a villa Mary wants to buy.
(b) A man for whom Mary is waiting.
(c) Her second cousin.
(d) Her brother-in-law.

4. What does Mary think about on the way to the party?
(a) How to maximize the little money she has remaining.
(b) Edgar's question.
(c) Her sister's pending divorce.
(d) Her mother's vague allusions to health issues.

5. Who is Princess San Ferdinanado?
(a) The Princess of Tuscany who is a recent widow.
(b) Mary's childhood friend.
(c) A woman who is hostessing a party that evening.
(d) A woman who holds grand parties to which Mary has never been invited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Colonel Trail very complimentary?

2. What did Mary's mother point out to Mary when Mary was 19?

3. What does Rowley say to Mary?

4. How long has Mary known Edgar?

5. Who is Nina?

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