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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 mystifies the young William about Rosie after he hears her history?
(a) That she is still light hearted.
(b) That his uncle would forbid his associating with her.
(c) That she has never had a baby.
(d) That Ted would marry her.

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

3. Where did William once meet Amy?
(a) At a ball given by Lady Ashmore.
(b) In a bookstore as Driffield is signing books.
(c) At a luncheon given by Lady Hodmarsh.
(d) William has never met her.

4. What does William do when he walks in on Rosie having tea with Mary-Ann?
(a) He declines Rosie's invitation to join them.
(b) He flees outdoors.
(c) He joins them as if he were an adult.
(d) He listens to their conversation from the other room.

5. What is Driffield awarded at a birthday celebration?
(a) The Order of Merit.
(b) A knighthood.
(c) A lifelong achievement plaque.
(d) Nothing; he dies before the celebration takes place.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Ted's companion Rosie carry on at one time?

2. What does Ashenden say about the first Mrs. Driffield?

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

4. Who is Amy Driffield?

5. Why does Ted teach William to ride a bicycle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William express about the concept of beauty?

2. What does Ashenden ignore but still wonder about?

3. How does William initially meet Rosie?

4. What is fashionable to do when William is a young man?

5. Describe William Ashenden.

6. How does Ted know the Kemp family and what does he think of them?

7. What does William think about Ted's depiction of the high-born and others comparing Ted s to Shakespeare?

8. Describe Roy Kear.

9. Briefly describe William's interaction with Ted and Rosie when he is a youth.

10. What are Roy and William doing and what topic does Roy bring up?

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