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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the modern characters dressed differently in this scene?
(a) They are wearing Regency clothing.
(b) They are wearing Victorian clothing.
(c) They are wearing Elizabethan clothing.
(d) They are wearing Edwardian clothing.

5. What plant betrays Bernard's theory about Byron and the duel?
(a) A mum.
(b) A daisy.
(c) A dahlia.
(d) A pansy.

6. Valentine is _____________.
(a) Rude.
(b) High.
(c) Angry.
(d) Drunk.

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

8. What is Septimus doing while the others sleep?
(a) He is reading Noakes' garden plans.
(b) He is reading Byron's poetry.
(c) He is reading Chater's poetry.
(d) He is reading Thomasina's essay.

9. What sound effect signals a change in eras?
(a) Thunder.
(b) The music fades away.
(c) The music grows modern.
(d) Gunshots.

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

11. 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 for Chloe's wedding.
(c) They are being photographed before the dance.
(d) They are reenacting Thomasina and Septimus' story.

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

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

14. Who is Lady Croom's latest lover?
(a) Count Zelinsky.
(b) Jellaby.
(c) Noakes.
(d) Bernard.

15. What article has Septimus loaned Byron?
(a) His copy of The Couch of Eros.
(b) His copy of The Maid of Turkey.
(c) His copy of Byron.
(d) His copy of Keats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound occurs in this part of the scene?

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

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

4. Septimus apologizes for ______________________________.

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

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