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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 7, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one word Valentine repeats in her first two entrances?
(a) Snot.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Sod.
(d) Shoot.

2. What tabloid headline does Hannah share with the Crooms?
(a) Sex, Literature, and Death at Sidley Park
(b) Child Prodigy Solves Apple Leaf
(c) Bonking Byron Shot Poet
(d) Mad Monkey Bites Back

3. What is Hannah reading at the beginning of the scene?
(a) A letter from Septimus
(b) The Couch of Eros
(c) The journal of Thomasina Coverly
(d) The journal of Lord Byron

4. Chloe believes the deterministic universe cannot work because _____________________.
(a) History gets in the way.
(b) Math will not allow it.
(c) Egos get in the way.
(d) Sex gets in the way.

5. Why does Valentine suggest Bernard should hide his car?
(a) Lord Croom would not allow guests with Japanese cars.
(b) Lord Croom would not allow guests who did not ride bicycles.
(c) Lord Croom would not allow guests who drove foreign cars.
(d) Lord Croom would not allow guests who did not drive carriages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is onstage when the scene begins?

2. How does Hannah reconcile the tension between science and religion?

3. Why does Hannah encourage Valentine to continue working on his own equations?

4. Why does Bernard think Byron engaged in a duel at Sidley Park?

5. Why does Hannah suggest an afterlife would be a mixed blessing for Bernard?

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