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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Malice of Inanimate Objects and A Vignette.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Mezzotint," what does Mr. Williams realize the painting is doing?
(a) Portraying the last supper.
(b) Fading.
(c) Decaying.
(d) Changing.

2. Where is the hotel in "Number 13" located?
(a) Paris.
(b) Juk Ta Pan.
(c) Yacman Sieborg.
(d) Jutland Viborg.

3. What happens to Mr. Paxton, at the end of "A Warning to the Curious"?
(a) He becomes famous.
(b) He wins the lottery.
(c) He is exiled.
(d) He dies.

4. Who is Mr. Worby,in the story "An Episode of Cathedral History"?
(a) The caretaker.
(b) A king.
(c) A cop.
(d) The priest.

5. What type of writing does the Englishman see in the Canon Alberic's scrapbook?
(a) Hieroglyphics.
(b) Strange.
(c) Messy.
(d) Invisible ink.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prayer books does Mrs. Porter discuss with Mr. Davidson?

2. Whose paper did the society deny, in "Casting the Runes"?

3. What is the most prominent feature of Mr. Humphrey's inheritance?

4. What makes the narrator nervous, in "A Vignette"?

5. What does the narrator read about John Haynes, at the start of "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"?

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