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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lady Croom, who is in love with Mrs. Chater?
(a) Captain Brice.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Lord Croom.
(d) Lord Byron.

2. Hannah leaves because ____________________________.
(a) She had found proof that Septimus was the hermit.
(b) She has found proof to support Bernard's claim.
(c) She has found proof to refute Bernard's claim.
(d) She has found proof of Lady Croom's affair with Byron.

3. Who has gone by morning?
(a) Only the Chaters.
(b) Brice, the Chaters, and Byron.
(c) Brice and the Chaters.
(d) Only Byron.

4. What does Bernard suggest is incorrect about Hannah's first book?
(a) The picture on the dust jacket.
(b) The theory she has about Byron.
(c) The theory she has about Septimus.
(d) The picture on the biography page.

5. Why won't Valentine drive Bernard home from Sidley Park?
(a) Valentine wants Chloe to drive Bernard.
(b) Valentine sold his car.
(c) Valentine is too drunk to drive.
(d) Valentine is too angry to drive Bernard.

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

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

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

9. What is Bernard's response to Hannah's statement that she has a theory but cannot prove it?
(a) He tells her to wait until she finds proof.
(b) He tells her to publish it.
(c) He tells her no good theory can be proven.
(d) He tells her she will never publish because she is too timid.

10. Why does Brice bring Chater to the West Indies?
(a) So he can be sure Chater is killed.
(b) So he can avoid a duel with Septimus.
(c) So he can avoid a duel with Chater.
(d) So he can have an affair with Mrs. Chater.

11. What does Septimus do with the letters at the end of the scene?
(a) Throws them away.
(b) Puts them in The Couch of Eros.
(c) Burns them.
(d) Puts them in his copy of Byron's book.

12. Lady Croom objects to Septimus' love letter because _________________________.
(a) He has written the exact same letter to Mrs. Chater.
(b) He has had an affair with Mrs. Chater.
(c) The letter is badly written.
(d) He has written other women love letters as well.

13. Lady Croom believes she must marry Thomasina off before _______________________.
(a) She is too sarcastic to be found desireable.
(b) She is too old to be found desireable.
(c) She is educated beyond eligibility.
(d) She is too poor to be an eligible bride.

14. How does Hannah reconcile the tension between science and religion?
(a) Science is valuable as an earthly struggle; religion a cheat
(b) Science measures what is quantifiable, while religion explains what is qualitative
(c) Science is God's method of ordering the universe
(d) Science is the countenance of God's creation

15. Valentine believes ___________________________________________.
(a) That personalities are trivial, and only science matters.
(b) That history is trivial, and only math matters.
(c) That science is trivial, and only personalities matter.
(d) That math is trivial, and only science matters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound effect signals a change in eras?

2. What does Hannah insist she will find at the end of the scene?

3. What assignment does Septimus give Thomasina?

4. Why are the modern characters wearing period clothes in this scene?

5. What philosophical dilemma is Chloe quizzing Valentine about at the beginning of the scene?

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