What Maisie Knew Quizzes

What Maisie Knew Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the novel "What Maisie Knew"?
Henry James

William Shakespeare

Walter James

Madeline Cohen
2 In what decade was "What Maisie Knew" published?
The 1910s

The 1990s

The 1890s

The 1850s
3 In what country is "What Maisie Knew" primarily set?
England

The United States

France

Australia
4 How old is Maisie when her parents get divorced?
3

11

6

9
5 What is the name of Maisie's mother?
Miss Overmore

Ida Farange

Susan

Beale
6 What is the name of Maisie's father?
Beale

James

Claude

Ash
7 What is the initial outcome of the custody battle over Maisie?
Maisie's mother has custody at all time except holidays, when she will stay with her father

Maisie's mother has full custody

Maisie will spend six months at a time with each parent

Maisie's father has full custody
8 Who does Maisie live with directly after the custody battle ends?
Her father

Her mother

Moddle

Mrs. Wix
9 Who primarily cares for Maisie in Chapter 1?
Moddle

Mrs. Wix

Ida

Beale
10 Why does Beale fire Moddle?
Moddle tells Beale he should be ashamed for what he tells Maisie to repeat to her mother

Moddle flirts with Beale, trying to get him to marry her

Moddle tells Maisie that she should live with her mother forever

Moddle wants to work for Ida so that she can keep caring for Maisie
11 What does Beale tell Maisie to call her mother?
A dunce and a complete idiot

A giraffe of a woman

A shuttlecock

A nasty horrid pig
12 What talent does Ida Farange have?
She is extremely eloquent

She is very good at billiards

She is a beautiful singer

She is great at mending clothes
13 Who is Maisie's governess at her mother's house in Chapter 2?
Mrs. Wix

Susan Ash

Moddle

Miss Overmore
14 Who is Maisie's governess at her father's house in Chapter 3?
Miss Overmore

Mrs. Wix

Moddle

Susan Ash
15 Who is Maisie's governess at her mother's house in Chapter 4?
Susan Ash

Miss Overmore

Moddle

Mrs. Wix
16 Which of the following is NOT true about Mrs. Wix?
She works for Maisie's mother

She wears glasses

She had a daughter who died

She has a daughter who is Maisie's age
17 What does Henry James compare to Maisie leaving Mrs. Wix to return to her father's house?
A flower being re-potted

A dress being mended

A child being taken from its mother

A tooth being pulled
18 Who is Lisette?
Maisie's doll

Maisie's governess at her father's house

Maisie's governess at her mother's house

Maisie's best friend at school
19 Who prevents Maisie from getting letters from Mrs. Wix?
Ida

Miss Overmore

Beale

Lisette
20 When Mrs. Wix visits Maisie at her father's house, who does she bring a picture of?
The Queen

Miss Overmore

Ida

Sir Claude
21 What is the name of Ida Farange's new husband?
Beale

Eric

The Captain

Claude
22 What name does Miss Overmore use now that she is married to Beale Farange?
Miss Farange

Miss Beale

Mrs. Farange

Mrs. Beale
23 Who is Susan Ash?
Maisie's doll

A servant at Maisie's mother's house

A servant at Maisie's father's house

Maisie's father's new wife
24 Who comes to Maisie's father's house to take her to her mother's?
Susan Ash

Ida Farange

Sir Claude

Mrs. Wix
25 How does Ida greet Maisie when she comes back to her home in Chapter 9?
She waits at the door with open arms

She throws a birthday party for the birthday she missed while Maisie was at her father's

She sends her to bed without dinner

She refuses to see her for three days

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