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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Square Egg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird does the narrator see circling over the top of an oak-corpse?
(a) Cliff flycatchers.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Great egrets.
(d) Vultures.

2. Which bird is associated with sorrow?
(a) The heron.
(b) The finch.
(c) The dove.
(d) The magpie.

3. What kind of wine does Reginald bring for the Duchess to drink when they are at the Carlton?
(a) Merlot.
(b) Claret.
(c) Port.
(d) Chablis.

4. What is the highest mark of appreciation in Pandemonium?
(a) Standing ovations.
(b) Stomping of feet.
(c) Being listened to in silent appreciation.
(d) Applause.

5. What does Reginald threaten the narrator with, for being rude, in "Reginald on the Academy"?
(a) To buy them a tie for Christmas.
(b) To leave and never come back.
(c) To cause a scene at dinner.
(d) To dine with them the following night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does "The Square Egg" define through the following :"a sort of compound between a wine-shop and a coffee-house?

2. What is found in the strong box of the sunken vessel?

3. What bird builds their nests in the "battered remnants" of a poplar tree?

4. For whom is Mrs. Packletide going to arrange a lunch for at her home on Curzon Street?

5. Who does the former farmer marry?

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