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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the unthinkable obscenity that the answer to question #52 utters?
(a) Homesick
(b) Divorce
(c) Hopelessness
(d) Cunt

2. What is all that remains of the surprising scene to which Briony is a witness?
(a) A note
(b) A scream from Robbie
(c) A handkerchief of Cecilia's
(d) A wet patch on the ground

3. What happened on the beautiful morning of June, 1932, as recalled by Robbie during his travels?
(a) Seeing Cecilia swim in the fountain
(b) Giving Briony a swimming lesson
(c) Making love to Cecilia
(d) Coming to the Tallis house for the first time

4. Where does Briony want to hold the practice for the play at the start of this novel?
(a) Backyard
(b) Fountain
(c) Library
(d) Nursery

5. What is Briony angrily slashing as she constructs a new story for the arrival of her brother?
(a) The grass
(b) The birch tree
(c) Nettles
(d) Willows

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Briony want to ask Marshall about, as she says a cowardly way to go about her plans?

2. Who is pacing from room to room with a cigarette and wringing a handkerchief?

3. Who feels that everyone is conspiring to ruin her play?

4. What does Briony think she should have done for her brother?

5. After the attack, plainclothesmen interview everyone except ___________.

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