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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hannah propose to do with the new information?
(a) Write a letter apologizing to Bernard.
(b) Write a letter in support of Bernard.
(c) Write a letter demanding an apology from Bernard.
(d) Write a letter refuting Bernard's article.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Thomasina claim she will marry?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Keats.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Septimus.

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

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

12. According to Hannah, how is the study of history like science?
(a) Both believe things can't be proved true, only not to be false yet
(b) Both rely on rigorous experimentation
(c) Both have no room for romantic feelings
(d) Both seek to create universal laws

13. According to Chole, what is the flaw in the theory of the deterministic universe?
(a) It ignores God's role in designing free will
(b) The universe gradually moves from order to chaos
(c) Thomasina's math equations are wrong
(d) Sexual attraction breaks down the order

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Valentine describes Thomasina's diagram as ___________________.

2. Why is it significant that the covers to the letters from Mrs. Chater have not survived?

3. What does Thomasina say is significant about tomorrow?

4. What is Thomasina wearing when she enters?

5. Chloe believes the others won't support Bernard's theory because __________________.

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