What Maisie Knew Quizzes

What Maisie Knew Quiz 1

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

Madeline Cohen

Henry James

William Shakespeare
2 In what decade was "What Maisie Knew" published?
The 1910s

The 1890s

The 1990s

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

The United States

France

England
4 How old is Maisie when her parents get divorced?
6

11

9

3
5 What is the name of Maisie's mother?
Susan

Miss Overmore

Beale

Ida Farange
6 What is the name of Maisie's father?
Claude

James

Beale

Ash
7 What is the initial outcome of the custody battle over Maisie?
Maisie's mother has full custody

Maisie's father has full custody

Maisie will spend six months at a time with each parent

Maisie's mother has custody at all time except holidays, when she will stay with her father
8 Who does Maisie live with directly after the custody battle ends?
Mrs. Wix

Moddle

Her mother

Her father
9 Who primarily cares for Maisie in Chapter 1?
Moddle

Mrs. Wix

Ida

Beale
10 Why does Beale fire Moddle?
Moddle flirts with Beale, trying to get him to marry her

Moddle tells Beale he should be ashamed for what he tells Maisie to repeat to her mother

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 shuttlecock

A nasty horrid pig

A dunce and a complete idiot

A giraffe of a woman
12 What talent does Ida Farange have?
She is extremely eloquent

She is a beautiful singer

She is great at mending clothes

She is very good at billiards
13 Who is Maisie's governess at her mother's house in Chapter 2?
Susan Ash

Mrs. Wix

Miss Overmore

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

Moddle

Susan Ash

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

Mrs. Wix

Miss Overmore

Moddle
16 Which of the following is NOT true about Mrs. Wix?
She wears glasses

She works for Maisie's mother

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 child being taken from its mother

A flower being re-potted

A tooth being pulled

A dress being mended
18 Who is Lisette?
Maisie's best friend at school

Maisie's governess at her father's house

Maisie's doll

Maisie's governess at her mother's house
19 Who prevents Maisie from getting letters from Mrs. Wix?
Miss Overmore

Lisette

Ida

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

Ida

Miss Overmore

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

The Captain

Claude

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

Mrs. Beale

Mrs. Farange

Miss Farange
23 Who is Susan Ash?
A servant at Maisie's mother's house

Maisie's doll

Maisie's father's new wife

A servant at Maisie's father's house
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 sends her to bed without dinner

She refuses to see her for three days

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

She waits at the door with open arms

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