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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Septimus admits to ______________________.
(a) Running away with Chater's wife.
(b) Ignoring Chater's wife.
(c) Slandering Chater's wife.
(d) Making love to Chater's wife.

3. Where does Chater ask Septimus to join him?
(a) In the gun room.
(b) In the sun room.
(c) In the hermitage.
(d) In the garden.

4. Which character enters and exits without speaking?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Gus.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Valentine.

5. What does Hannah's letter prove?
(a) It proves that Byron duelled with Chater in 1809.
(b) It proves that Chater was dead by 1810.
(c) It proves that Byron was dead by 1810.
(d) It proves that Brice wanted to kill Byron.

6. Why is Hannah at Sidley Park?
(a) She is writing a history of Noakes.
(b) She is writing a history of the garden.
(c) She is writing a history of Byron's duels.
(d) She is writing a history of Lord Croom.

7. What piece of gossip does Thomasina mention to Septimus?
(a) Mrs. Chater was found in carnal embrace in the gazebo.
(b) Mrs. Chater was asked to leave Sidley Park.
(c) Mrs. Chater was discovered in bed with Mr. Noakes.
(d) Mrs. Chater was discovered in bed with Lord Byron.

8. What does Thomasina believe she can plot with mathematical formulas?
(a) Manufactured images.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Shapes in nature.
(d) Apples.

9. What event is going to occur at Sidley Park?
(a) A dance for the district.
(b) A charity benefit.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) An auction.

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

11. Chater realizes that Byron intends ____________________.
(a) To leave with Mrs. Chater.
(b) To challenge him to a duel.
(c) To give him a positive review.
(d) To give him a bad review.

12. Who is onstage when the scene begins?
(a) Lady Croom.
(b) Thomasina.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Chloe.

13. What does Septimus receive at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Another letter.
(b) Another turtle.
(c) An apple.
(d) A book.

14. Who is Mr. Noakes?
(a) The landscape architect.
(b) Mrs. Croom's brother.
(c) The tutor.
(d) The butler.

15. Why does Thomasina turn to Septimus for answers about sex?
(a) Septimus never tries to deceive anyone.
(b) Septimus is honorable and chaste.
(c) Septimus is her brother.
(d) Septimus is her tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hannah reading at the beginning of the scene?

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

3. What sound recurs in this scene?

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

5. What mathematical advantage does Valentine have over Thomasina?

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