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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Unbearable Bassingtons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Clovis' host, is "becoming a habit" with Clovis?
(a) False stories.
(b) Women.
(c) Waistcoats.
(d) Red wines.

2. Where is the train heading in "The Disappearance of Crispina Umbreleigh"?
(a) St. Albans.
(b) Balkanwood.
(c) Kent.
(d) Gamanwood.

3. How much money does the egg-seller need?
(a) 180 francs.
(b) 80 rupees.
(c) 180 pounds.
(d) 80 francs.

4. When, according to Reginald in "Reginald on the Academy", does one go to Heaven prematurely?
(a) When the Sargent has not painted you yet.
(b) When one fails to escape.
(c) When one has not yet become a man.
(d) When the book has not been signed.

5. What bird, according to "Birds on the Western Front," is attracted to the rats and mice?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Gulls.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Barn owls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been made Governor of a West Indian dependency?

2. What is Reginald accused of reading which leads to his lack of sense of moral proportion?

3. What does Reginald threaten the narrator with, for being rude, in "Reginald on the Academy"?

4. In "The Chaplet," what waltz is the orchestra not playing?

5. Where does Reginald believe that "young men of brilliant attraction" should be?

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