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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells William of the Driffield's background?
(a) William's uncle.
(b) William's teacher.
(c) William's aunt.
(d) A maid named Mary-Ann.

2. Who does Galloway mention?
(a) William.
(b) Mrs. Greencourt.
(c) Ted.
(d) Roy Kear.

3. When does Ted write his greatest books?
(a) During the war.
(b) While living alone after Rosie leaves him.
(c) Before any marriage.
(d) While living with Rosie.

4. What does Ashenden say about the first Mrs. Driffield?
(a) That she was misunderstood.
(b) That she was not an awful woman.
(c) That she writes most of Driffield's material.
(d) That she was a real witch.

5. When is William embarrassed?
(a) When he has a chance encounter with the Driffields in town.
(b) When Ted suggests that William is flirting with Rosie.
(c) When Mary-Ann tells him that Rosie speaks highly of William.
(d) When Rosie kisses him on the cheek.

6. What does William's uncle forbid?
(a) William to study law.
(b) William to study literature.
(c) William associating with such disreputable people as the Driffields.
(d) William to visit the Driffields in London as the town is too dangerous.

7. What becomes genius?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Anything a man reads after age 40.
(c) Triteness.
(d) Silence.

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

9. What is an anecdote Roy cannot use that William relates?
(a) That Ted criticizes Dickens.
(b) That Ted loved Rosie passionately.
(c) That Ted criticizes Henry James.
(d) That Ted criticizes Samuel Richardson.

10. What does William agree to jot down?
(a) Ted's likes and dislikes.
(b) Some reminiscences.
(c) What he remembers about Kemp.
(d) What he remembers about Rosie.

11. Who is generous in giving new writers a leg up?
(a) Jones.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Ashenden.
(d) Kear.

12. Where does William want to stay when helping Roy?
(a) At the vicarage.
(b) At Roy's home.
(c) The Bear and Key.
(d) At Amy's home.

13. Why does the person telling William the story of the Driffields say Ted marries Rosie.
(a) Love at first sight.
(b) Rosie is pregnant.
(c) Rosie is beautiful.
(d) No proper girl would have him.

14. Who does William see in the dark while Rosie is having tea with Mary-Ann?
(a) His uncle.
(b) Ted.
(c) Kemp.
(d) No one.

15. Who sees William off when he is leaving for fall term?
(a) Ted and Rosie.
(b) No one.
(c) Mary-Ann.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Driffield awarded at a birthday celebration?

2. What does the Vicar announce at dinner?

3. What is Ted considered at age 80?

4. What mystifies the young William about Rosie after he hears her history?

5. What does William use to interpret between the lines of what he learns about Ted and Rosie?

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