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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 60 and 61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Knowles say that the Victorians had thrown at them night and day in the same way we have sex thrown at us today?
(a) Nobility
(b) Education
(c) Religion
(d) Overdressing

2. What does Charles decide to do?
(a) Go out and look for Sarah himself.
(b) Send Sam to look for Sarah.
(c) Open a bottle of brandy and get drunk.
(d) Go back and tell Dr. Grogan the whole truth.

3. What annoying habit did Aunt Tranter have which causes Ernestina consternation?
(a) She sits at her window with a telescope.
(b) She is an inveterate gossip.
(c) She dips snuff in the parlor.
(d) She insists on being a chaperone for Ernestina and Charles.

4. How do the simpering daughters of the Lady seduce Charles in order to snare him as a husband for one of them?
(a) Propose marriage to him.
(b) Pretend they were interested in his paleontology.
(c) Wear seductive clothes.
(d) Get him alone in the garden.

5. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?
(a) Not heavy enough for the Dorset weather.
(b) Overly Victorian in its utility.
(c) Perfectly appropriate.
(d) Modern and ahead of the times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Knowles use these changes to invite suspense?

2. What does Charles say to Sarah about forgiving her sin?

3. What does Charles intend to do on his outing?

4. After parting from Sarah and leaving Sam and Mary, what are Charles' thoughts?

5. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?

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