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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. What does Lucy Swithin like to read about?
(a) Animals.
(b) Nature.
(c) Utopias.
(d) History.

2. What is described as a prison for Giles and Isa?
(a) Their lies.
(b) The need to keep up appearances.
(c) Their marriage.
(d) The silence of the group.

3. What does Mrs. Swithin forget on her tour of Pointz Hall?
(a) That there is an event being held in the evening.
(b) Who the people in the portraits are.
(c) The way to the drawing room.
(d) Her husband's name.

4. What does Mr. Oliver dream of?
(a) Excavating an Egyptian mummy's tomb.
(b) Climbing a mountain.
(c) Setting a house on fire.
(d) Killing people in India.

5. What awkward moment occurs during the play?
(a) A moment when a woman forgets her lines.
(b) A moment when the set falls down.
(c) A moment when there is no one on stage.
(d) A moment when the wrong music is played.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recites a long and confusing passage in the play?

2. What kind of birds are flying in the barn?

3. What does Mr. Oliver call his grandson after surprising him from behind a tree?

4. What is the focus of the play?

5. Who says that she, too, must have her ghosts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does an old crone character recite on the stage?

2. What do Mrs. Sands and Candish do to prepare for the event?

3. What prompts Mrs. Swithin to wonder about a superstitious notion?

4. How does the pageant get off to a rocky start?

5. What is the rumor about the lily pond near Pointz Hall? What does Mr. Oliver think of this rumor?

6. What do the villagers do when 'Queen Elizabeth' returns to the stage?

7. What does Isa remind herself of when she sees Giles?

8. What do the Haineses and Mr. Oliver discuss at the beginning of the novel?

9. What does Miss La Trobe lament as the audience leaves for the intermission?

10. What role does Albert play, and why is it not considered a stretch for him?

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