What Maisie Knew Quizzes

What Maisie Knew Quiz 1

By Madeline Cohen · Last reviewed February 20, 2018

1 Who wrote the novel "What Maisie Knew"?

Henry James

Madeline Cohen

Walter James

William Shakespeare
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

Australia

France
4 How old is Maisie when her parents get divorced?

11

3

6

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

Miss Overmore

Beale

Ida Farange

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

Ash

Claude

Beale

James
7 What is the initial outcome of the custody battle over Maisie?

Maisie will spend six months at a time with each parent

Maisie's father has full custody

Maisie's mother has custody at all time except holidays, when she will stay with her father

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

Moddle

Mrs. Wix

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 wants to work for Ida so that she can keep caring for Maisie

Moddle tells Maisie that she should live with her mother forever
11 What does Beale tell Maisie to call her mother?

A dunce and a complete idiot

A nasty horrid pig

A giraffe of a woman

A shuttlecock
12 What talent does Ida Farange have?

She is great at mending clothes

She is very good at billiards

She is extremely eloquent

She is a beautiful singer
13 Who is Maisie's governess at her mother's house in Chapter 2?

Miss Overmore

Susan Ash

Mrs. Wix

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

Miss Overmore

Moddle

Mrs. Wix

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

Moddle

Mrs. Wix

Susan Ash

Miss Overmore
16 Which of the following is NOT true about Mrs. Wix?

She has a daughter who is Maisie's age

She wears glasses

She had a daughter who died

She works for Maisie's mother
17 What does Henry James compare to Maisie leaving Mrs. Wix to return to her father's house?

A dress being mended

A tooth being pulled

A child being taken from its mother

A flower being re-potted
18 Who is Lisette?

Maisie's governess at her father's house

Maisie's doll

Maisie's governess at her mother's house

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

Lisette

Miss Overmore

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

Claude

The Captain

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

Mrs. Beale

Mrs. Farange

Miss Beale

Miss Farange
23 Who is Susan Ash?

Maisie's father's new wife

A servant at Maisie's mother's house

Maisie's doll

A servant at Maisie's father's house
24 Who comes to Maisie's father's house to take her to her mother's?

Mrs. Wix

Ida Farange

Sir Claude

Susan Ash
25 How does Ida greet Maisie when she comes back to her home in Chapter 9?

She refuses to see her for three days

She waits at the door with open arms

She sends her to bed without dinner

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

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