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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Charles been living with Julia at Brideshead?
(a) One year
(b) Five years
(c) Two years
(d) Three years

2. What does Charles leave for Sebastian before he goes home?
(a) A portrait
(b) The telegram from Julie
(c) A photograph of Lady Marchmain
(d) Money

3. Who commissions Charles to paint Brideshead?
(a) Bridey
(b) Lord Marchmain
(c) Julia
(d) Rex

4. Why does Beryl not come with Bridey to Brideshead?
(a) She is busy with her children.
(b) She does not like Brideshead
(c) She is sickly.
(d) She wants to see a play in London.

5. Why is Rex prohibited from marrying Julia in a Catholic church?
(a) There are rumors he is homosexual.
(b) He is not a Catholic.
(c) He is not British.
(d) He has been married before.

6. How does the German boy avoid going to the army?
(a) He tells them he is gay.
(b) He feigns madness.
(c) He attacks the leading officer.
(d) He shoots off his toe.

7. How many years have passed since the last section?
(a) Nine years
(b) Eight years
(c) Five years
(d) Ten years

8. Who does Julia visit in this section?
(a) Beryl
(b) Her father
(c) Cordelia
(d) Cara

9. Which character is dying in this chapter?
(a) Sebastian
(b) Lady Marchmain
(c) The German boy
(d) Lord Marchmain

10. Who else lives with Julia and Charles at Brideshead?
(a) Bridey
(b) Cordelia
(c) Sebastian
(d) Rex

11. Why is Celia confined to her quarters?
(a) She has the measles.
(b) She is heavily pregnant.
(c) She has the scurvy.
(d) She has seasickness.

12. Why will Beryl not come to Brideshead?
(a) It is too far.
(b) She cannot leave her sickly son.
(c) The castle is haunted.
(d) Charles and Julia's inapproriate living arrangement

13. What does Julia lash out at Charles with in this section?
(a) A key
(b) A reed
(c) A twig
(d) A branch

14. What does Julia say she longs for in this section?
(a) Love and understanding
(b) Stability and convention
(c) A sensitive man
(d) Children

15. Why does Julia say she wants Charles to marry her?
(a) So they can be conventional
(b) So she can have a child
(c) So she has security
(d) So they don't live in sin

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Charles become renowned?

2. Lord Marchmain suffers from ________.

3. Who else returns to Brideshead in this section?

4. From what artistic style does Charles want to move away?

5. What does Celia conduct whilse on the ocean liner?

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