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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 does Roy want when he calls William?
(a) Any photographs of Driffield William may have.
(b) To visit.
(c) A note he left with William.
(d) A copy of William's diary entries about Driffield.

2. From where does Amy often have to fetch Ted?
(a) The pool hall.
(b) The house of ill repute.
(c) The gambling hall.
(d) The Bear and Key.

3. Where did William once meet Amy?
(a) At a luncheon given by Lady Hodmarsh.
(b) In a bookstore as Driffield is signing books.
(c) William has never met her.
(d) At a ball given by Lady Ashmore.

4. What does the Vicar announce at dinner?
(a) The Driffields have bolted to London, abandoning their debts.
(b) William has been accepted into Oxford.
(c) Ted Driffield is in debtors prison.
(d) Rosie has left Ted for Kemp.

5. Who tells William of the Driffield's background?
(a) William's uncle.
(b) A maid named Mary-Ann.
(c) William's teacher.
(d) William's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what of Shakespeare's aspects are Ted compared?

2. About what part of Ashenden's life does he reminisce?

3. What do intelligent people cease to do after age 30?

4. Who can Ashenden's aunt not abide?

5. What is Driffield awarded at a birthday celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ashenden ignore but still wonder about?

2. What does William learn from Mary-Ann?

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

4. Describe Rosie.

5. How does William initially meet Rosie?

6. What does William say when asked about Edward Driffield and what do they debate?

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

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

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

10. What does Roy say about Amy as a wife and helpmate to Ted?

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