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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Birkin realize after thinking about the part of the painting that is incomplete?
(a) The church must have prevented the painter from finishing.
(b) The painting was the man's last job.
(c) The section is purposely left blank.
(d) The painter was too afraid to finish the painting.

2. What characterizes the damned souls in the original painting?
(a) Brighter colors and better workmanship.
(b) Brighter colors and more details.
(c) Cheaper materials and poorer workmanship.
(d) Cheaper materials and less details.

3. Birkin cries that there is no what on the way home from Barton Ferry?
(a) War.
(b) God.
(c) Desire.
(d) Death.

4. What material did the original artist of the painting use on the nobles' clothes?
(a) Blue lapiz.
(b) Cinnabr.
(c) Gold leaf.
(d) Black paint.

5. How does Birkin feel about working in the summer at Oxgodby?
(a) Angry.
(b) It is too hot.
(c) Content.
(d) Exhausted.

6. After returning to the Ellerbecks', Birkin says he is not cut out to be what?
(a) A bicyclist.
(b) A painter.
(c) A boyfriend.
(d) A preacher.

7. What is the name of the girl who asks Birkin to tea at her parents' house after church in Barton Ferry?
(a) Elisabeth.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Marie.
(d) Diane.

8. What does Birkin tell Alice that he thinks is different for different people?
(a) Misery.
(b) Death.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Hell.

9. Birkin says the paint is made out of ________ materials.
(a) A variety of.
(b) Unexpected.
(c) Average.
(d) Excellent.

10. How often does Birkin have dinner with the Ellerbecks?
(a) Every Wednesday.
(b) The occasional Saturday.
(c) Every Sunday.
(d) Twice a week.

11. Why doesn't Birkin pursue a romantic relationship with Alice?
(a) He is afraid of Keach.
(b) They are both married.
(c) They are not in love.
(d) She is too callous.

12. Why does Birkin go to preach at Barton Ferry?
(a) The church needs a change of pace.
(b) Mr. Ellerbeck is not qualified.
(c) Mr. Ellerbeck is sick.
(d) Mr. Ellerbeck needs a rest.

13. What does the epitaph say on the tomb that Moon finds?
(a) I of all men most wretched.
(b) I the devil's man.
(c) The painter in all of us let us see.
(d) A good man rests here.

14. After seeing strands of the painter's hair in the painting, Birkin realizes he had ______.
(a) Brown hair.
(b) Black hair.
(c) Light hair.
(d) Gray hair.

15. What does Birkin liken to hell in his own mind?
(a) His work.
(b) The war.
(c) Keach.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Birkin think the painter died?

2. Who sits in the back pew when visiting Birkin?

3. What does Birkin wish he had done after Alice leaves for the last time?

4. What do Moon and Birkin help Mossop with when they visit him in the field?

5. What do the people do after the service Birkin attends on Sunday nights?

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