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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 do Charles and Sebastian view from the roof in this section?
(a) The agricultural show
(b) The Miss Brideshead pageant
(c) The swimming baths
(d) The red arrow show

2. Who provides the young men advice about working hard at university?
(a) Their tutors
(b) The police
(c) Their families
(d) The Prime Minister

3. Who else comes with Sebastian and Charles to the ball?
(a) Joseph
(b) Boy
(c) Anthony
(d) Cordelia

4. Which other character in this section warns Charles about Sebastian?
(a) Anthony
(b) Boy
(c) Julia
(d) The headmaster

5. Why does Sebastian fill Charles' room with flowers?
(a) As an apology
(b) For joke
(c) For his birthday
(d) He is in love with him

Short Answer Questions

1. What university is near Sebastian and Charles' school?

2. With whom does Lord Marchmain live in Italy?

3. Why has Lady Marchmain come to the university?

4. What is the name of the Marchmains' oldest child?

5. Where does Charles spend the New Year's holiday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jasper chastise Charles for his choice of friends?

2. How does Charles become acquainted with Sebastian?

3. How does Cordelia react to seeing Sebastian and Charles naked on the roof?

4. In what is Rex an unsavory character?

5. Summarize the opening chapter.

6. What is Charles Ryder's state of mind in the opening chapter?

7. What information does Rex impart to Charles about the Marchmain family?

8. To what does Charles compare the army?

9. What is Charles' reason for not wanting a priest to give Lord Marchmain his religious rites?

10. In what is Sebastian showing signs of coming off the rails?

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