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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appears in all anthologies?
(a) Passages from William's books.
(b) Passages from Roy's books.
(c) Passages from Ted's books.
(d) A mention of Ted's name but none of his actual writing.

2. When does Ted write his greatest books?
(a) During the war.
(b) Before any marriage.
(c) While living with Rosie.
(d) While living alone after Rosie leaves him.

3. What is Kear able to do?
(a) Parley his little talent into a successful writing and speaking career.
(b) Marry the girl everyone else wants to marry in college.
(c) Become a member of the House of Commons.
(d) Become an adviser to the Duke of Wellington.

4. What does Roy wonder about Rosie?
(a) How to portray her.
(b) If she is still alive.
(c) If she and Ted loved each other.
(d) If Ted actually married her.

5. How does Rosie treat William?
(a) Like a child.
(b) Like a grownup.
(c) Like a pest.
(d) Like her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does William see in the dark while Rosie is having tea with Mary-Ann?

2. What does William thinks fills Ted's books?

3. To whom does The Literary Supplement of the Times compare Ted at his death?

4. Why is the man called Lord George so named?

5. What is an anecdote Roy cannot use that William relates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amy Driffield ask of William?

2. Describe Ted Driffield.

3. What is fashionable to do when William is a young man?

4. What does Ashenden ignore but still wonder about?

5. How does William link Ted's advancing age with his success?

6. What does William express about the concept of beauty?

7. What does Lady Hodmarsh say about Amy Driffield?

8. How does Ted know the Kemp family and what does he think of them?

9. Why does the Vicar not want to discuss Rosie and Ted?

10. Describe William's memory of the last time he saw Ted.

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