"Dodsworth" by Sinclair Lewis

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1. What is the name of Sam Dodsworth's automobile company? Zenith Dodsworth Streamline Revelation

2. In which town is Sam Dodsworth's permanent home located? The home he restlessly tries to return his wife and himself to, from Europe, through much of the novel. Zenith Gopher Prairie New York Detroit

3. Which country is it that the Dodsworths first sail to? Spain France England Italy

4. Fran Dodsworth is made obvious in her attempt to find a European counterpart. Who is the first man that she romanticizes with? Arnold Israel Tub Pearson Kurt von Obersdorf Major Clyde Lockhart

5. Sam envisions a return to the United States to do what? He wants to build suburban homes. He longs to be a fisherman. He wants to build skyscrapers. He's decided to build motorcycles.

6. "He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all. Four hundred pictures all on a wall are four hundred times less interesting than one picture; and no one knows a cafe till he has gone there often enough to know the names of the waiters." What does Sinclair Lewis say this is the law of in this book? The Law of Money The Law of Discovery The Law of Dining The Law of Travel

7. Fed up with Fran and her affairs, who does Sam take refuge with in Venice? Minna von Escher Elizabeth Jane Nande Azeredo Edith Cortright

8. Fran notifies Sam, while he is in Venice, that her love affair with Kurt von Obersdorf is over because of which of these? Kurt is against having children which displeases Fran because she wants heirs of European distinction. Kurt is married. Kurt's mother claims she is too old to bear heirs and that it wasn't noble for her son to marry a divorcee. Kurt claims that he broke and that he will soon be arrested for embezzlement.

9. How many times does Sam leave for Europe in this novel? Two times. Three times. One time. Four Times

10. At the end of the book, Sam is confidently happy and completely forgot Fran and did not yearn for her in how long? One season. One month. Two days. Three weeks.