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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tabloid headline does Hannah share with the Crooms?
(a) Child Prodigy Solves Apple Leaf
(b) Mad Monkey Bites Back
(c) Sex, Literature, and Death at Sidley Park
(d) Bonking Byron Shot Poet

3. What is Thomasina wearing when she enters?
(a) Modern clothing.
(b) Travelling clothes.
(c) Regency clothing.
(d) A nightgown.

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

5. Hannah's quoting of Byron's poetry suggests what to Valentine?
(a) Thomasina was more brilliant than both men
(b) Byron was not as talented as history suggests
(c) Byron and Septimus may share a similar genius
(d) Septimus may have secretly written much of Byron's poetry

6. 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 Lady Croom's garden book.
(d) In Noakes' garden sketches.

7. Septimus apologizes for ______________________________.
(a) Bringing Chater to Byron's room.
(b) Bringing Byron to Mrs. Chater's room.
(c) Bringing an unworthy lover to Mrs. Croom.
(d) Bringing an unworthy friend to Lady Croom's home.

8. What does Hannah discover in the book Bernard has given her?
(a) The hermit was actually Lord Byron.
(b) Septimus and the hermit were born in the same year.
(c) Septimus and Lord Byron had a duel in 1809.
(d) The hermit left Sidley Park after Byron did.

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

10. What does Lady Croom ask Jellaby to bring her?
(a) Her invitation.
(b) Her infusion.
(c) Her incision.
(d) Her indecision.

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

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

13. 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

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

15. Bernard invites Hannah to London for ________.
(a) A book tour.
(b) His lecture.
(c) More research.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lady Croom forgives Septimus because _____________________.

2. Why do Valentine, Bernard, Hannah, and Chloe leave during the scene?

3. How does Hannah reconcile the tension between science and religion?

4. Why is Lady Croom upset with Septimus?

5. Why does Septimus burn Lord Byron's letter?

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