House Of Mirth mock quotes

Question 1

Lily as picture in grand central

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her vivid head, relieved against the dull tints of the crowd

Question 2

lily’s hand is

Answer 2

polished as a bit of old ivory

Question 3

Lily is happy she is made of (arty)

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well poised lines and happy tint

Question 4

lily becomes a diamond in Monte Carlo

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a process of crystallisation which had fused her whole being into one hard brilliant substance

Question 5

L crying

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even her weeping was art

Question 6

what lily has which makes her an artist

x3 phrases

Answer 6

artistic sensibilities
a faculty for adapting herself
vivid plastic sense

Question 7

Lily on her walk placing herself on a bench

Answer 7

the combination of a handsome girl and a romantic scene struck her as too good to be wasted

Question 8

Selden consuming Lily like the twat he is

Answer 8

as a spectator, he had always enjoyed Lily Bart

Question 9

Rosedale looking at lily

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scanning her with interest and approval

Question 10

Rosedale makes lily feel like

Answer 10

superfine human merchandise

Question 11

Ned van Alstyne being a pervert

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what’s a woman want with jewels when she’s got herself to show

Question 12

Selden pondering how Lily was crafted

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a confused sense that she must have cost a great deal to make

Question 13

Lily spying on Gryce on the train

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tranquilly studying her prey through downcast lashes while she organised a method of attack

Question 14

the vibe Lily decides for the train with Gryce

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she resolved to impart a gently domestic air to the scene

Question 15

Lily gets it wrong with Gus

Answer 15

it was the wrong note, and she knew it as she spoke

Question 16

at tableaux vivants, Lily is part of an

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eternal harmony

Question 17

what Gerty sees at tableaux vivants

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the real lily

Question 18

Monte Carlo is a

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sublime stage-setting

Question 19

Lily on marriage

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a girl must, a man may if he chooses

Question 20

Selden on girls getting married

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isn’t marriage your vocation? Isn’t it what you’re all brought up for?

Question 21

Rosedale, when everyone is poor, making social money

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placing wall street under obligations which only fifth avenue could repay

Question 22

what Lily owes to the Trenors

Answer 22

taxes

Question 23

what economic terms Lily has with Bertha Dorset

x2

Answer 23

price

tacit compact

Question 24

Gus talking finance/ obligation

x2

Answer 24

dodging the rules of the game

pay up

Question 25

what Lily feels it does to her when she has no money and owes service

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renewed the sense of servitude

Question 26

Gryce enjoying Bellomont: the…

Answer 26

ease and glitter of the life

Question 27

Mrs Peniston as her money

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shut her lips with the snap of a purse

Question 28

Lily on truth

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what is truth? where a woman is concerned , it’s the story that’s easiest to believe

Question 29

Lily on why people believe Bertha

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because she has a big house and an opera box , and it’s convenient to be on good terms with her

Question 30

Lily on Gerty vs. her

x2

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she likes being good and I like being happy

she is free and I am not

Question 31

what is Nettie Struther

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poor little working girl

Question 32

what has Nettie struther achieved x2

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reached the central truth of existence

continuity of life

Question 33

Carry Fisher: Monte Carlo’s drama queen

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we’re starving to death because we can’t decide where to lunch

Question 34

society metaphor

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great gilt cage

Question 35

Selden as a bit outside

Answer 35

preserved a certain social detachment

Question 36

Rosedale anti-Semitic bit

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mixture of artistic sensibility and business astuteness which characterises his race

Question 37

Gormers: what they have more of

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more noise, more colour, more champagne, more familiarity

Question 38

Gormers slightly off

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pitched in a higher key

Question 39

Selden as objectifying by nature but framed art historically

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lingering, appraising, inventorial mind of the experienced collector

Question 40

the public are the

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gaping mob

Question 41

Selden on Lily’s dead body

x2

Answer 41

the semblance of Lily Bart

the real Lily was still there