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The Lost Daughter Quiz

Elena Ferrante

This Study Guide consists of approximately 105 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Lost Daughter.

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

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The Lost Daughter Quiz

Elena Ferrante

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is Leda's main reason for despising Lucilla as she does? (from Chapter 16)

Lucilla is cruel to Bianca and Marta, and Leda feels protective of them.

Leda is jealous of Gianni's attention toward Lucilla.

Leda is jealous of Lucilla's games with Bianca and Marta.

Lucilla makes her feel like she does everything wrong as a mother and was not cut out for motherhood.

2.

Why does Leda put on makeup and care about appearing respectable and proper when she goes out into town? (from Chapter 12)

She is hoping to see Giovanni and perhaps flirt a little with him.

She hopes to see the Neapolitan family in town and wants to appear attractive to them.

She is thinking about herself aging and wants to fight off the anxiety that accompanies her loss of attractiveness.

She feels confused about having taken Elena's doll, and she wants to reassure herself that she is not a bad person.

3.

How does Leda know that the large family on the beach is from Naples? (from Chapter 4)

Gino tells Leda where they are from when they first arrive on the beach.

She recognizes their dialect as the one she grew up with in her own family in Naples.

One of the women tells her they have come from Naples for the summer.

She overhears them talking about their home in Naples.

4.

As Nani "vomits" water, sand, and slime into the sink, of what does she remind Leda? (from Chapter 22)

She reminds Leda of her pregnancy with Bianca, her first experience with pregnancy.

She reminds Leda of herself when she was pregnant with Marta and sick all the time.

She reminds Leda of the cicada from her pillow, with its burst abdomen.

She makes Leda think about Elena and how sick she has been with a cold and fever.

5.

Why does Leda see in Gino a kind of kindred spirit? (from Chapter 3)

He seems free of care and responsibility.

He appears to be a student, immersed in a book.

He tells her that the scent of resin in the pinewood reminds him of his childhood.

He tells her that he lives in Florence during the rest of the year.

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