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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bold out with when Eleanor goes to see him?
(a) Sir Abraham.
(b) Harding.
(c) Finney.
(d) Grantly.

2. What Greek mythological character does Eleanor compare Harding to?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. The narrator says Eleanor is worthy of being the daughter of whom?
(a) Eli.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Adam.
(d) Jephthah.

4. Who meets Harding at the train station when he goes home?
(a) The bishop.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Bold.
(d) Susan.

5. Why does the narrator, when addressing his female readers, say they do not understand Eleanor?
(a) Because she is uneducated.
(b) Because she is not pretty.
(c) Because she is younger than them.
(d) Because they are already married.

6. How much is Harding's little cottage worth a year?
(a) 80 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 120 pounds.

7. What does the narrator say will probably happen to Eleanor if she goes to visit Bold?
(a) She will get kissed.
(b) His wife will attack her.
(c) He will yell at her.
(d) She will get lost.

8. How does Sentiment's magazine portray Harding?
(a) As a puppet.
(b) As a villain.
(c) As a godly man.
(d) As a hero.

9. How soon after his meeting with Sir Abraham does Harding go back home?
(a) That same night.
(b) Two days later.
(c) The next afternoon.
(d) The next morning.

10. Who says, "That's philosophical; it's quite refreshing to hear a man talking of his hundreds in so purely indifferent a manner"?
(a) Tom.
(b) Harding.
(c) Grantly.
(d) Bold.

11. Harding says a second newspaper article that speaks badly of him will be read all the clergymen in what city?
(a) Venice.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Paris.
(d) Manchester.

12. Who offers Harding several jobs to keep him nearby?
(a) Grantly.
(b) The bishop.
(c) Chadwick.
(d) Bold.

13. Who says, "What good to us is this place or all the money, if we are to be ill-spoken of ?"
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Harding.
(c) Grantly.
(d) Bold.

14. How do the townspeople feel about Harding when he resigns from the old men's home?
(a) They are relieved.
(b) They admire him.
(c) They think he is crazy.
(d) They feel betrayed.

15. Where does Harding spend of his second day in London?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Downing Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Grantly tell Harding he will have when he resigns?

2. When does Harding say he will resign from the old men's home?

3. How do the lawyers and clergymen feel about Harding since he retired?

4. Where does Harding go after dinner on his second day in London?

5. What is Anticant's first name?

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