EDITH WHARTON

1. 1. When was Edith Wharton born?

• January 19, 1809

• May 9, 1849

• January 24, 1862

• May 24, 1867

1. 2. Where was Edith Wharton born?

• New York

• Boston

• Richmond

• Lenox

1. 3. Why did Wharton's family move to Europe at the end of Civil War?

• the beginning of World War I

• Travel

• Cold of winters

• Inflation

1. 4. How many languages did Wharton speak by the time she was about 10?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

1. 5. After the family returned to the United State, Wharton embarked on __________

• career at the University of Virginia

• self-education, mainly by extensive reading

• professional writing

• a boarding school

1. 6. Before her 15th birthday, Wharton finished her first creative work, entitled ________

• The Great Inclination

• Fast and Loose

• Ligeia

• The House of Mirth

1. 7. Who married the writer in 1885?

• Delphin James

• Edward Wharton

• Edgar Wharton

• Henry James

1. 8. When did Wharton's first short story appeared?

• 1891

• 1889

• 1893

• 1899

1. 9. Wharton recognised herself as a professional writer only after her first collection of stories, ____________, published in 1899

• The Great Inclination

• A Backward Glance

• The Tell-tale Story

• The Buccaneers

1. 10. Which was one of her finest novels between 1900 and 1914?

• The Raven

• A Backward Glance

• Ethan Frome

• The Sun Also Rises