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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is onstage when the scene begins?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Lady Croom.
(c) Thomasina.
(d) Chloe.

2. Who is Lady Croom in love with, according to Thomasina?
(a) Mr. Noakes.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Septimus.
(d) Mr. Chater.

3. Lady Croom claims her garden is currently arranged ______________________.
(a) According to the latest fashion.
(b) According to her tastes.
(c) As her husband designed it.
(d) As God intended it.

4. What book is Byron mentioned as the author of?
(a) The Couch of Eros
(b) English Bards and Scottish reviewers
(c) Lyrical Ballads
(d) Poetical Verses

5. For what reason has Hannah enlisted Valentine in this scene?
(a) To explain Thomasina's math equations
(b) To translate a particularly difficult passage of Latin
(c) To help disprove Bernard's Byron theory
(d) To access a Croom family heirloom

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Valentine suggest Bernard should hide his car?

2. Why is Hannah at Sidley Park?

3. Why does Gus run out of the room at the end of the scene?

4. What false last name does Chloe give Bernard?

5. Where is the proof that Byron was at Sidley Park in 1809?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major change has occurred since Septimus left the house the previous evening?

2. What plan of Byron's is objectionable to Lady Croom?

3. How does Bernard confirm that Byron visited Sidley Park?

4. What has Hannah found for Bernard?

5. What changes does Noakes propose for the garden?

6. Why does Septimus burn Byron's letter without reading it?

7. Why does Thomasina suggest Septimus is churlish with her?

8. What "compact" has Septimus made with Thomasina in the hermitage?

9. What comfort does Lady Croom take in her brother's marriage to Mrs. Chater?

10. Why has Thomasina come to see Septimus in the middle of the night?

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