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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Septimus calls attention to ______________________.
(a) Noakes' affair with Lady Croom.
(b) Brice's affair with Mrs. Chater.
(c) Noakes' affair with Mrs. Chater.
(d) Brice's affair with Thomasina.

2. What does Hannah demand of Bernard that prompts him to call her a silly bitch?
(a) Another review of her book.
(b) Proof for his theory of chaos.
(c) Another piece of research in exchange for hers.
(d) Proof for his theories on Byron.

3. What does Hannah discover in the book Bernard has given her?
(a) Septimus and the hermit were born in the same year.
(b) The hermit left Sidley Park after Byron did.
(c) Septimus and Lord Byron had a duel in 1809.
(d) The hermit was actually Lord Byron.

4. What sound interrupts Lady Croom's conversation?
(a) A gun shot.
(b) Piano music.
(c) The steam engine.
(d) A scream.

5. Thomasina's discussion of rice pudding proves, in her words, that _______________________.
(a) You cannot separate things permanently.
(b) You can't always get what you want.
(c) You cannot create chaos from order.
(d) You cannot stir things apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Septimus describe Noakes as the serpent in the garden?

2. What does Gus bring Hannah?

3. Why is it significant that the covers to the letters from Mrs. Chater have not survived?

4. What objectionable article does Mrs. Chater wear?

5. Who suggests Lady Croom's translation of Et in Arcadia Ego is incorrect?

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