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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. What has Valentine's mother loaned Bernard?
(a) Her notes on gardening
(b) Her first edition of The Couch of Eros
(c) Her car
(d) Her bicycle

2. Why is it significant that the covers to the letters from Mrs. Chater have not survived?
(a) The covers would have revealed the author of the letters.
(b) The covers would have revealed that Byron read them.
(c) The covers would have revealed the actual dates.
(d) The covers would have born Septimus' name, not Byron's.

3. Why does Gus run out of the room at the end of the scene?
(a) He feels Valentine is disrespectful of Byron
(b) He hates people shouting
(c) He is jealous of Chloe's affection for Bernard
(d) He is bothered by the pistol shot

4. Why does Hannah slap Bernard?
(a) He insults Chloe.
(b) He proposes she leave with him.
(c) He insults her research.
(d) She misunderstands a statement he makes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernard's dialogue reveals _____________________-.

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

3. In what year does the play begin?

4. Lady Croom invites Septimus to ____________________.

5. What event is going to occur at Sidley Park?

(see the answer key)

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