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Arcadia | Quiz

Tom Stoppard
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Arcadia | Quiz

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1)

What does Brice say of Septimus with regard to their duel? (from Act 1, Scene 3)

That Septimus will find a way to cheat.
That Septimus will enlist Byron's help
That Septimus is a formidable shot
That Septimus is all bluster and bladder
2)

Valentine describes Thomasina's diagram as ___________________. (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 3)

A diagram of chaos and order.
A diagram of heat exchange.
A diagram of positive and negative charges.
A diagram of the future.
3)

What is Hannah reading at the beginning of the scene? (from Act 1, Scene 4)

The journal of Thomasina Coverly
The journal of Lord Byron
A letter from Septimus
The Couch of Eros
4)

Why does Septimus finally agree to duel with Chater? (from Act 1, Scene 3)

Chater insults Thomasina.
Lady Croom insists upon it.
Chater demands Septimus duel or leave Sidley Park.
Brice and Chater challenge him together.
5)

What does Bernard say Hannah is lacking? (from Act 1, Scene 4)

Skill.
Courage.
Gut instinct.
Killer instinct.
6)

Bernard refutes Hannah's suggestions about the events of the past by telling her ___________________. (from Act 2, Scene 5)

She doesn't care.
She wasn't there.
She isn't smart enough to understand.
She never believed in him.
7)

Valentine is _____________. (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 3)

High.
Angry.
Rude.
Drunk.
8)

Why won't Valentine drive Bernard home from Sidley Park? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 3)

Valentine is too angry to drive Bernard.
Valentine sold his car.
Valentine is too drunk to drive.
Valentine wants Chloe to drive Bernard.
9)

What does Bernard offer to do for Valentine? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

Give him credit for editing the Bernard's book.
Give him credit for proving Byron killed Chater.
Give him credit for proving Chater was dead in 1810.
Give him credit for finding the game book.
10)

What sound effect is heard constantly throughout this scene? (from Act 1, Scene 4)

Clicking of a pen
Rifle fire
Piano music in the next room
Mr. Noakes' engine
11)

What is Valentine working on at the beginning of this scene? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 1)

Looking through the game book for information on Grouses
Planning his proposal to Hannah
Writing a letter to the editor protesting Bernard's findings
Pushing Thomasina's equations through his computer
12)

Why will Bernard return to Sidley Park? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

For the dance.
For the press conference.
For the book signing.
For further research.
13)

What does Hannah demand of Bernard that prompts him to call her a silly bitch? (from Act 1, Scene 4)

Proof for his theory of chaos.
Proof for his theories on Byron.
Another review of her book.
Another piece of research in exchange for hers.
14)

What assignment does Septimus give Thomasina? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 2)

He wants her to explain her diagram of heat exchange.
He wants her to explain Determinism.
He wants her to explain Newton's theories.
He wants her to explain her drawing of him and Plautus.
15)

Septimus calls attention to ______________________. (from Act 1, Scene 3)

Noakes' affair with Mrs. Chater.
Brice's affair with Thomasina.
Noakes' affair with Lady Croom.
Brice's affair with Mrs. Chater.
16)

What philosophical dilemma is Chloe quizzing Valentine about at the beginning of the scene? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 1)

Fate vs. Free Will
Good vs. Evil
Rationality vs. Romanticism
Science vs. Art
17)

How old is Thomasina at this point? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 2)

Sixteen and eleven months.
Seventeen and a half.
Sixteen and a half.
Seventeen.
18)

Why does Septimus burn Lord Byron's letter? (from Act 2, Scene 6)

Because the letter is meant for Thomasina.
Because the letter offends Septimus.
Because the letter offends Lady Croom.
Because the letter was addressed to Lady Croom.
19)

What does Thomasina do to Septimus? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 3)

She blows out his oil lamp.
She kisses him.
She takes his hand.
She draws him out of the room.
20)

Bernard and Chloe ________________________. (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 3)

Were caught falsifying his research.
Were caught together by Chloe's mother.
Were caught leaving together.
Were caught together by Chloe's father.
21)

Why is it significant that the covers to the letters from Mrs. Chater have not survived? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

The covers would have revealed that Byron read them.
The covers would have revealed the actual dates.
The covers would have revealed the author of the letters.
The covers would have born Septimus' name, not Byron's.
22)

What does Septimus do with the letters at the end of the scene? (from Act 2, Scene 6)

Burns them.
Throws them away.
Puts them in his copy of Byron's book.
Puts them in The Couch of Eros.
23)

What does Bernard suggest is incorrect about Hannah's first book? (from Act 2, Scene 5)

The theory she has about Septimus.
The theory she has about Byron.
The picture on the dust jacket.
The picture on the biography page.
24)

According to Chole, what is the flaw in the theory of the deterministic universe? (from Act 2, Scene 7, Part 1)

It ignores God's role in designing free will
Thomasina's math equations are wrong
Sexual attraction breaks down the order
The universe gradually moves from order to chaos
25)

Lady Croom wants Septimus to _______________________. (from Act 1, Scene 3)

Talk Byron out of leaving.
Talk Brice out of leaving.
Talk Chater out of leaving.
Talk Thomasina out of leaving.
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