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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Birkin talking about when he says, "I found it pleasantly disturbing to consider the possibility of wandering off with her to some quiet room, eating supper, taking her hand, touching her, kissing"?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Mossop.
(c) Alice.
(d) Vinny.

3. Who sits in the back pew when visiting Birkin?
(a) Alice.
(b) Moon.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Edgar.

4. What does Alice leave Birkin the day she comes up the ladder and scares Birkin?
(a) Bread.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Books.
(d) Paper.

5. Which of the following characteristics does not describe the portrayal that Birkin suspects might be a portrait in the larger painting?
(a) A crescent shaped scar on the man's forehead.
(b) The man is wearing a gold necklace.
(c) Bright red hair.
(d) It is more detailed than the rest of the portrayals.

Short Answer Questions

1. After seeing strands of the painter's hair in the painting, Birkin realizes he had ______.

2. Why doesn't Birkin pursue a romantic relationship with Alice?

3. What is the name of the Sykes' son who died in the war?

4. Birkin says the paint is made out of ________ materials.

5. Which of the following is not part of Birkin's daily routine during the summer in Oxgodby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship like between Birkin and his wife?

2. Describe the summer in Oxgodby according to Birkin.

3. What physical characteristics does Birkin claim the painter has? How does he know these details?

4. Why do Birkin and the Ellerbecks go to Ripon and are they successful in meeting their goal?

5. How does Moon respond when Birkin tells him that Keach has told him that he is finished with the painting?

6. What story does Moon tell about one of his acquaintances when he and Birkin are discussing the war?

7. Who does Birkin run into in Ripon that is also in the war? What does this person tell Birkin about Moon?

8. Describe the conversation that Alice and Birkin have regarding the existence of hell.

9. How does the artist of the original painting that Birkin is uncovering differentiate between the different castes portrayed?

10. Describe Birkin's ride home from Barton Ferry.

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