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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hannah insist she will find at the end of the scene?
(a) Proof for her theory that Thomasina was a genius.
(b) Proof for her theory that Bernard was wrong.
(c) Proof for her theory that the hermit never existed.
(d) Proof for her theory that Septimus was the hermit.

2. What philosophical concepts do Septimus and Thomasina discuss in the scene?
(a) Ignorance and knowledge.
(b) Free will and determination.
(c) Asthetic freedom versus asthetic limitations.
(d) Relativity and absolute truth.

3. Thomasina is also upset over _________________________.
(a) Augustus' endless teasing
(b) Septimus' lack of mathematical vision
(c) The lost plays of of the Athenians and Aristotle's library.
(d) The advances of Captain Brice

4. What sound effect is heard constantly throughout this scene?
(a) Piano music in the next room
(b) Rifle fire
(c) Clicking of a pen
(d) Mr. Noakes' engine

5. What does Bernard offer to do for Valentine?
(a) Give him credit for proving Byron killed Chater.
(b) Give him credit for finding the game book.
(c) Give him credit for editing the Bernard's book.
(d) Give him credit for proving Chater was dead in 1810.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who arrives after Hannah exits?

3. Why does Gus run out of the room at the end of the scene?

4. What sound interrupts Lady Croom's conversation?

5. What does Septimus receive at the beginning of the scene?

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