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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of his novel, 'The Ambitious Host', does Henry say Bendrix "got all wrong"?
(a) A husband wanting his dead wife to come back.
(b) A house feeling empty after one's wife dies.
(c) A house feeling more lively when friends are there.
(d) The belief that love lives forever.

2. Who does Sarah resolve to begin a romantic relationship with?
(a) Dunstan.
(b) Sir William Mallock.
(c) Bendrix.
(d) Henry.

3. How does Bendrix characterize information that Sarah was baptized a Catholic?
(a) As a lie.
(b) As an unfortunate truth.
(c) As a coincidence.
(d) As divine intervention.

4. What topic does Waterbury want Bendrix's opinion on for his article?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Love.
(c) Bendrix's books.
(d) E.M. Forster's books.

5. How does Sarah repeatedly refer to herself in her diary?
(a) As a spurned woman.
(b) As a bitch and a fake.
(c) As a devout Christian.
(d) As an adulteress.

6. Why does Sarah write a letter to Henry?
(a) To tell him she is in love with Richard Smythe.
(b) To confess her affair with Bendrix.
(c) To explain her love for him.
(d) To tell him she is leaving him for Bendrix.

7. Why does Parkis visit the Reading Room?
(a) To read the Times Law Reports.
(b) To help his son complete a school project.
(c) To observe a investigation subject.
(d) To find Bendrix.

8. What example does Bendrix use to try and convince Henry God is fictional?
(a) Sarah's cremation.
(b) A three legged man with fish scales.
(c) A four legged man with fish scales.
(d) Aristotle.

9. How does Bendrix react to Father Crompton?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Neutrally.
(d) Compassionately.

10. What reason does Smythe give Bendrix for no longer speaking on the Common?
(a) He is focusing only on home tutorials.
(b) He is unsure of his religious beliefs.
(c) He has been cured of his skin ailment.
(d) He has renounced his faith.

11. What event does Bendrix take as proof Sarah would have wanted to be cremated?
(a) She never spoke about religion to him or to Henry.
(b) The last time he saw her she was in a church.
(c) She chose to have her wedding at the registry rather than a church.
(d) In her diary she renounced God.

12. Why does Sarah go to the Portrait Gallery after lunch with Bendrix?
(a) To cry without anyone seeing her.
(b) To meet Henry.
(c) To calm herself down.
(d) To visit Bendrix's favorite paintings.

13. What was the turning point for Sarah's illness?
(a) Spending the night with Bendrix.
(b) Going out in the rain to avoid Bendrix.
(c) The cocktail party Parkis attended.
(d) Bendrix telling Henry about her affair.

14. What prevents Bendrix from having sex with the prostitute he brings home one evening?
(a) He is concerned Henry will hear.
(b) He promised Sarah he would never have sex with another woman.
(c) He is impotent.
(d) He is still in love with Sarah.

15. Who does Sarah follow to the Pontefract Arms?
(a) Bendrix.
(b) Richard Smythe.
(c) Henry.
(d) Parkis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Parkis visit Henry after Sarah's death?

2. Why does Sarah agree to continue to visit Richard Smythe?

3. What does Sarah say she would rather be than Lady Miles?

4. What does Bendrix notice in the margins of Sarah's copy of 'Last Expedition'?

5. What about the Catholic church does Henry find "materialistic"?

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