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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who seems particularly offended by Septimus' dalliance with Mrs. Chater?
(a) Noakes.
(b) Jellaby.
(c) Lord Croom.
(d) Brice.

2. In what year does the play begin?
(a) The present.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1809.

3. Septimus' reply to the letter is _____________________________.
(a) That he will not dignify Chater with a response.
(b) That he will meet Chater after he is done teaching.
(c) That he is unable to meet with Chater that day.
(d) That he needs time to consider Chater's challenge.

4. Whose poem is Septimus reading?
(a) Lord Byron's.
(b) Thomasina's.
(c) Ezra Chater's.
(d) Ezra Pound's.

5. Lady Croom claims her garden is currently arranged ______________________.
(a) According to the latest fashion.
(b) As her husband designed it.
(c) According to her tastes.
(d) As God intended it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomasina does not discover that Septimus was found with Mrs. Chater because_____________________________.

2. Why does Thomasina turn to Septimus for answers about sex?

3. Where does the play take place?

4. What sound interrupts Lady Croom's conversation?

5. Brice claims that as a tutor, Septimus must __________________________.

(see the answer key)

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