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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lady Croom unhappy about?
(a) The damage Noakes has done to her garden.
(b) The affair she is having with Noakes.
(c) The affair she is having with Septimus.
(d) The damage Noakes has done to her piano.

2. According to the diagram, what can never be recovered after an action is complete?
(a) The importance of the action.
(b) The damage created by it.
(c) The heat created by it.
(d) The ability to repeat the action.

3. Where does Hannah find proof that Bernard's theory is incorrect?
(a) In Lady Croom's letter from Septimus.
(b) In Thomasina's portfolio.
(c) In Noakes' garden sketches.
(d) In Lady Croom's garden book.

4. Why are the modern characters wearing period clothes in this scene?
(a) They are being photgraphed for Bernard's article.
(b) They are being photographed before the dance.
(c) They are being photographed for Chloe's wedding.
(d) They are reenacting Thomasina and Septimus' story.

5. Why does Hannah suggest an afterlife would be a mixed blessing for Bernard?
(a) He would have to face Septimus.
(b) He would have to apologize to Chater.
(c) He would have to face Lord Byron.
(d) He would have to apologize to Lady Croom.

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

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

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

9. Lady Croom forgives Septimus because _____________________.
(a) He threatens to leave her.
(b) He defends her.
(c) He pleads with her.
(d) He flatters her.

10. Why is Lady Croom upset with Byron?
(a) She caught Thomasina leaving his room.
(b) She caught Byron leaving Thomasina's room.
(c) She caught Mrs. Chater leaving his room.
(d) She caught Byron leaving Mrs. Chater's room.

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

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

13. What is unusual about the staging in this scene?
(a) The modern characters do not speak.
(b) The modern and period characters appear simultaneously.
(c) The period characters are wearing modern clothing.
(d) The modern characters are interacting with the period characters.

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

15. Why does Septimus burn Lord Byron's letter?
(a) Because the letter was addressed to Lady Croom.
(b) Because the letter offends Septimus.
(c) Because the letter offends Lady Croom.
(d) Because the letter is meant for Thomasina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernard states that the drama of life at Sidley Park was about __________________-.

2. What does Augustus question Septimus about?

3. How has Lady Croom punished her brother for choosing his acquaintances unwisely?

4. When Thomasina asks Septimus to meet her in her room, he _______________.

5. What does Bernard offer to do for Valentine?

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