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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occasionally embarrasses William at the Driffield's house?
(a) An allusion to his uncle's sermons.
(b) The looks that pass between Rosie and Kemp.
(c) An allusion to his uncle's strictness.
(d) The looks that pass between Rosie and Ted.

2. What does Ted teach William?
(a) How to flirt with pretty girls.
(b) How to create believable characters.
(c) How to filet a fish.
(d) How to ride a bicycle.

3. What does William say Ted was interested in?
(a) Architecture and farming.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Evolution.
(d) The genetics of plants.

4. What does Ashenden first think of Driffield?
(a) As a cad.
(b) As boring.
(c) As exceedingly debonair.
(d) As interesting.

5. To whom does The Literary Supplement of the Times compare Ted at his death?
(a) Jeremy Taylor.
(b) Samuel Richardson.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) William Styron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William think of as the "crown of literature?"

2. What do intelligent people cease to do after age 30?

3. From whom does Ashenden ignore telephone messages?

4. What becomes genius?

5. What does William think is the reason Rosie sees Kemp?

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