PART TWO: CHAPTER FORTY - ONE - Learning to Forget Quiz — Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

Comprehension Quiz: PART TWO: CHAPTER FORTY - ONE - Learning to Forget

Where does Laurie go to compose his Requiem?

  • Paris
  • Vienna
  • Rome
  • London

Why does Laurie fail to write his Requiem?

  • He cannot afford music paper
  • He keeps humming dance tunes from the Christmas ball at Nice
  • His grandfather forbids it
  • Amy destroys his manuscripts

What does the phantom figure in Laurie's imagination always have?

  • Dark curly hair
  • Golden hair
  • Red ribbons
  • A parasol

What does Laurie say after tearing up his music?

  • "I'll never love again."
  • "Talent isn't genius, and you can't make it so."
  • "Jo was right about everything."
  • "I shall return to America at once."

Why does Amy reject Fred Vaughn's marriage proposal?

  • Her aunt forbids the match
  • She realizes she needs love, not just money and position
  • Fred is moving to Egypt permanently
  • Laurie asks her not to accept

Where is Amy when Laurie arrives to comfort her after Beth's death?

  • In a hotel room in Nice
  • In the chateau garden at La Tour in Vevay
  • On a boat on the lake
  • At a church in Geneva

What does Laurie do with Jo's letters and ring after her final refusal?

  • Burns them in the fireplace
  • Returns them to Jo by mail
  • Locks them in a desk drawer
  • Gives them to Amy

How does the actual proposal between Laurie and Amy take place?

  • In the chateau garden by moonlight
  • At a grand ball in Paris
  • On a boat on Lake Geneva at noonday
  • During a walk through the Swiss Alps

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

In this chapter, what does "weeds" mean in the phrase "wear his weeds ostentatiously"?

  • Garden plants
  • Mourning clothes
  • Old rags
  • Military decorations

What does "desultory" mean as used in "he grew more and more discontented with his desultory life"?

  • Wealthy and privileged
  • Aimless and without purpose
  • Dangerously reckless
  • Solitary and lonely

What does "diaphanous" mean in the description of the phantom with golden hair?

  • Brilliantly colored
  • Nearly transparent and delicate
  • Rough and heavy
  • Glittering with jewels

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