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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 is Mr. Wraxall's role in the manuscripts?
(a) He writes them.
(b) He burns them.
(c) He sells them.
(d) He buys them.

2. What does Mr. Williams' servant see when he looks at the painting?
(a) A fire.
(b) A unicorn.
(c) A party.
(d) Someone carrying a baby.

3. In "A School Story," what happens to the writing on the paper the narrator finds?
(a) It begins to bleed.
(b) It changes language.
(c) It comes to life.
(d) It disappears.

4. What does Parkins not believe in?
(a) The supernatural.
(b) Love at first sight.
(c) Religion.
(d) Eating meat.

5. What is Mr. Garrett's occupation?
(a) Painter.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose scrapbook does the caretaker, in "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," show the Englishman?

2. What is Mr. Somerton's job?

3. What happens when Mr. Wraxall speaks to the count's tomb?

4. In "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," what king's photo is in the scrapbook?

5. What is the name of the town the Englishman visits in "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Parkins, in "Oh Whistle, and I'll come to You, My Lad."

2. Why does Collins try to warn Mrs. Anstruther not to plant her rose garden in the chosen location?

3. Describe the caretaker of S. Bertrand Church.

4. What does Parkins dream about the night he finds the metal object? What does the maid tell him the next day?

5. What happens when Mr. Garrett goes to look for the Tractate Middoth a second time?

6. What does Dennistoun learn about the house in the painting, in "The Mezzotint"?

7. Why is Mr. Anderson in Jutland Viborg, in "Number 13"?

8. What do the two men discuss, at the start of "A School Story "?

9. What happens to Mr. Wraxall after he views Count Magnus's tomb?

10. What is the Tractate Middoth?

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