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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Beatrix Potter Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Beatrix's brother confess when his parents objected to Beatrix's second engagement?
(a) He arranged Beatrix's engagement.
(b) He had married a farm girl.
(c) He was divorced.
(d) He would never marry.

2. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?
(a) The ideas of animal behavior.
(b) The ideas of heredity.
(c) The ideas of lightness and darkness.
(d) The ideas of familial love.

3. Why didn't Beatrix's parents want her to marry Norman?
(a) He was wealthy.
(b) He was younger than Beatrix.
(c) He was a publisher.
(d) He was a social climber.

4. Who cracked the code in Beatrix's diary?
(a) Mr. Limpet.
(b) Mr. Linder.
(c) Mr. Lowe.
(d) Mr. Little.

5. What would Beatrix sometimes write about while in Scotland?
(a) Characteristics of certain plants.
(b) The people who lived nearby.
(c) The animals she saw.
(d) Adventures around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.

2. What did Beatrix's parents discourage?

3. Dolls from which country overloaded the marketplace?

4. According to Chapter 2, which of the following did not bother Beatrix?

5. When was Beatrix born?

(see the answer key)

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