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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Van dream of the night after he first has sex with Ada?
(a) Riding a horse.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Holding hands with Blanche.
(d) Being scolded by the governess.

2. Who is at home when Van first arrives at Ardis Hall?
(a) His aunt.
(b) Only animals.
(c) His father.
(d) Only servants.

3. What did the artillery officer played by Kim Eskimossoff do for comic effect?
(a) Shot a gun.
(b) Juggled objects.
(c) Tap-danced.
(d) Took photographs.

4. What year are most of the photos that Van and Ada view together taken?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1892.

5. What does Ada think of telling Lucette, to get her to leave Van alone?
(a) That Van detests her.
(b) That Van is gay.
(c) That Van is secretly a woman.
(d) That Van is her uterine brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucette studying in 1892?

2. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?

3. What does VPL stand for?

4. Why does Greg come to Marina's house?

5. What feature of Ada does Van most delight in?

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