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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Hannah at Sidley Park?
(a) She is writing a history of Noakes.
(b) She is writing a history of Lord Croom.
(c) She is writing a history of Byron's duels.
(d) She is writing a history of the garden.

2. Septimus compares Thomasina's rice pudding analogy to _____________________________.
(a) The theory of relativity.
(b) Manifest destiny.
(c) Man's free will or self-determination.
(d) Man's inherent evil nature.

3. Who is Mr. Noakes?
(a) Mrs. Croom's brother.
(b) The tutor.
(c) The butler.
(d) The landscape architect.

4. Why does Bernard think Byron engaged in a duel at Sidley Park?
(a) He has discovered that Byron later married Mrs. Chater.
(b) He has discovered Byron's journal from the days he spent at Sidley Park.
(c) He has discovered Septimus' letters in The Couch of Eros.
(d) He has discovered that Byron left England in a hurry.

5. What is the one word Valentine repeats in her first two entrances?
(a) Snot.
(b) Sod.
(c) Shoot.
(d) Sorry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thomasina turn to Septimus for answers about sex?

2. Thomasina describes the hermit in her drawing to _____________________.

3. Brice accuses Septimus of ___________.

4. When Thomasina asks Septimus about sexual congress, he _________________________.

5. When he learns he might find information about Byron, Bernard makes arrangements to _______________.

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