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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William do when he sneaks out to the Driffields?
(a) Helps Rosie cook.
(b) Songs and whist.
(c) Gambles.
(d) Plays dice.

2. What surprises William?
(a) That William's uncle no longer interferes in Williams friendship with Ted and Rosie.
(b) That Mary-Ann is actually friends with Rosie.
(c) That Ted and Rosie recall their working-class past fondly.
(d) That Rosie prefers to socialize with the working class.

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

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

5. What does Ted insist?
(a) That William dress more formally.
(b) That William ask his uncle's permission.
(c) That William make an etching for Ted.
(d) That Rosie come along with them.

6. What nationality does Ashenden's aunt have?
(a) German.
(b) Russian.
(c) Italian.
(d) American.

7. What does William thinks fills Ted's books?
(a) Trivia.
(b) His enigmatic personality.
(c) Trite sayings.
(d) Inaccurate depictions of humanity.

8. With whom does William go to school?
(a) No one.
(b) The Kemp children.
(c) His cousins.
(d) His brothers.

9. Where does William want to go?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Ferne Church.
(d) Fairfield Cathedral.

10. What does the Vicar announce at dinner?
(a) William has been accepted into Oxford.
(b) Ted Driffield is in debtors prison.
(c) The Driffields have bolted to London, abandoning their debts.
(d) Rosie has left Ted for Kemp.

11. How does Rosie treat William?
(a) Like a grownup.
(b) Like a pest.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like her brother.

12. Who can Ashenden's aunt not abide?
(a) Nobility.
(b) Tradesmen.
(c) Opinionated people.
(d) Uneducated people.

13. How long has Ashenden known Kear?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) He's never met him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashenden first think of Driffield?

2. What does Roy wonder about Rosie?

3. What is William determined to do despite his uncle forbidding it?

4. What occasionally embarrasses William at the Driffield's house?

5. How does Ashenden characterize Kear's early novels?

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