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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. Whose poem is Septimus reading?
(a) Ezra Chater's.
(b) Lord Byron's.
(c) Thomasina's.
(d) Ezra Pound's.

2. Why does Thomasina turn to Septimus for answers about sex?
(a) Septimus never tries to deceive anyone.
(b) Septimus is honorable and chaste.
(c) Septimus is her brother.
(d) Septimus is her tutor.

3. Chater accuses Septimus of __________________-.
(a) Insulting his wife.
(b) Stealing his wife.
(c) Misleading his wife.
(d) Betraying his wife.

4. Who arrives after Hannah exits?
(a) Valentine and Gus.
(b) Bernard and Gus.
(c) Chloe and Bernard.
(d) Chloe and Valentine.

5. What sound interrupts Lady Croom's conversation?
(a) A gun shot.
(b) Piano music.
(c) The steam engine.
(d) A scream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brice claims that as a tutor, Septimus must __________________________.

2. What is the name of Valentine's turtle?

3. Why does Brice want Septimus to accept Chater's challenge?

4. Brice accuses Septimus of ___________.

5. Lady Croom claims her garden is currently arranged ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thomasina's theory about stirring jam into rice pudding represent to her?

3. Why is Hannah interested in the hermit of Sidley Park?

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

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

6. What is Thomasina's major objection to Cleopatra's obsession with love and sex?

7. Why does Bernard cover his face before the photograph is taken for the newspaper?

8. Why does Bernard leave the party?

9. What does Septimus' dialogue reveal about his character?

10. Why does Augustus join in Thomasina's drawing lesson?

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