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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Septimus bring home for Thomasina?
(a) A dead racoon for racoon pie.
(b) A dead pigeon for pigeon pie.
(c) A dead rabbit for rabbit pie.
(d) A dead pheasant for pheasant pie.

2. What are the four actors onstage doing when the lights go down?
(a) Waltzing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Talking.

3. Why is Lady Croom upset with Septimus?
(a) Because he has written a bad review of Byron's poem.
(b) Because he has written Thomasina a love letter in the event of his death.
(c) Because he has written a bad review of Chater's poem.
(d) Because he has written her a love letter in the event of his death.

4. Chloe believes the deterministic universe cannot work because _____________________.
(a) Math will not allow it.
(b) History gets in the way.
(c) Sex gets in the way.
(d) Egos get in the way.

5. When Thomasina suggests they must hurry to dance, Septimus responds that __________________.
(a) They have time.
(b) They do not have time before her mother returns.
(c) It would be improper for them to dance.
(d) They cannot waltz to the current song.

6. Bernard refutes Hannah's suggestions about the events of the past by telling her ___________________.
(a) She never believed in him.
(b) She isn't smart enough to understand.
(c) She wasn't there.
(d) She doesn't care.

7. Why does Hannah repeatedly raise her hand during Bernard's reading?
(a) She is objecting to his offensive language.
(b) She is objecting to unsupported statements.
(c) She is trying to prove he is wrong.
(d) She is afraid to interrupt him aloud.

8. According to Chloe, what is her mother looking for?
(a) A microscope.
(b) A thesaurus.
(c) A dictionary.
(d) A theodolite.

9. Why doesn't Lord Croom hear the commotion during the night?
(a) He is not interested in the actions of his guests.
(b) He is half-deaf from advanced age.
(c) He is half-deaf from years of shooting.
(d) He is too far away to hear the commotion.

10. What scientific constant fascinates Valentine?
(a) That there is no mathematical equation for love
(b) That the universe moves from hot to cold, but not the other way around
(c) That all life-- from grouse to human-- is unpredictable
(d) That math is reversable, but death is not

11. What is the difficulty with Thomasina's diagram?
(a) She hid the formulas so no one would be able to decipher it.
(b) She did not have time to complete it.
(c) She did not care enough about the subject to take it seriously.
(d) She did not have the mathematical knowledge to complete it.

12. How has Lady Croom punished her brother for choosing his acquaintances unwisely?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Banishment.
(d) Disownment.

13. Why does Septimus claim he had an affair with Mrs. Chater?
(a) Because he needed a substitute for Lady Croom.
(b) Because he needed a substitute for Thomasina.
(c) Because he wanted to have revenge on Mr. Brice.
(d) Because he wanted to have revenge on Mr. Chater.

14. What philosophical dilemma is Chloe quizzing Valentine about at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Fate vs. Free Will
(b) Science vs. Art
(c) Rationality vs. Romanticism
(d) Good vs. Evil

15. How old is Thomasina at this point?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Seventeen and a half.
(c) Sixteen and eleven months.
(d) Sixteen and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tabloid headline does Hannah share with the Crooms?

2. What secret does Augustus know about Thomasina?

3. Lady Croom objects to Septimus' love letter because _________________________.

4. What can't Noakes provide for the garden?

5. What is the only science God has seen fit to bestow on man, according to Septimus?

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