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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. Chloe asks Hannah ___________________________.
(a) If she is married.
(b) If she is romantically interested in Bernard.
(c) If she is done with her book.
(d) If she is romantically interested in Gus.

2. Why is Hannah skeptical of Bernard's conclusion regarding Byron's duel with Chater?
(a) He has not established that Byron was even there
(b) Chater died from a monkey bite
(c) Bernard has only proved that a duel was fought.
(d) Byron was lame and could not shoot

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

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

5. Thomasina describes the hermit in her drawing to _____________________.
(a) The man in the moon.
(b) The babe in the woods.
(c) The ghost in the machine.
(d) The Baptist in the wilderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernard invites Hannah to London for ________.

2. Why does Valentine suggest Bernard did not receive a reply to his letter from Lord Croom?

3. What philosophical concepts do Septimus and Thomasina discuss in the scene?

4. What does Septimus agree to at the end of the scene?

5. What does Bernard say Hannah is lacking?

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