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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Potts quits school for a new job, his father
(a) Congratulates him.
(b) Does not approve.
(c) Disowns him.
(d) Encourages him heartily.

2. Paul's walking partner
(a) Hates being in prison.
(b) Is a well-educated man.
(c) Is in prison for the first time.
(d) Has been to prison many times.

3. Professor Silenus decides to stay on at Margot's house, since
(a) He is sleeping better.
(b) He has no money.
(c) He wants to wait for Margot.
(d) He has no ambition.

4. Paul arranges to have dinner with Arthur Potts who is
(a) A friend of Captain Grimes.
(b) A friend of Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde.
(c) His old friend from Scone College.
(d) A colleague at Llanabba.

5. What has Margot done to King's Thursday that is so controversial?
(a) She has rebuilt and modernized it.
(b) She has turned it into a meeting house.
(c) She has demolished it.
(d) She has preserved it as a party house.

6. Professor Silenus values machines over
(a) Humans.
(b) Society.
(c) Animals.
(d) Wealth.

7. Paul learns of Prendergast's fate through
(a) The Medical officer.
(b) Conversations sung during a hymn.
(c) The Governor's speech.
(d) Philbrick's message to him.

8. Why do the officials in France laugh at Paul's comment about the absurdity of the League of Nations?
(a) Because he is incredibly naive.
(b) Because they feel the same.
(c) Because they know he is going to jail.
(d) Because the ladies have turned him in.

9. Not surpisingly, Paul runs into his old friend,
(a) Potts.
(b) Grimes.
(c) Dr. Fagan.
(d) Prendy.

10. Cliff Place, a medical facility, is run by
(a) Digby-Vaine-Trumpington.
(b) Potts.
(c) Philbrick.
(d) Augustus Fagan.

11. The supper party is in celebration of
(a) Margot's marriage.
(b) Digby-Vaine-Trumpington's reappearance.
(c) Paul Pennyfeather's death.
(d) Flossie's nursing certificate.

12. All of Margot's weekend guests, including Maltravers, are
(a) Suffering from poverty.
(b) Nobility.
(c) Uninvited.
(d) Unemployed.

13. The prison chaplain turns out to be
(a) Captain Grimes.
(b) Mr. Prendergast.
(c) Potts.
(d) Mr. Clutterbuck.

14. The Governor is interested in
(a) Understanding what motivates the chaplain.
(b) Making the man an example for others.
(c) Getting prison property repaired.
(d) Getting to the underlying cause of the big man's problems.

15. Paul's new walking companion believes the chaplain is
(a) Not a Christian.
(b) A Satan worshipper.
(c) A fake.
(d) Not a well man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wilfred Lucas-Dockery's ambition?

2. What is familiar about Prendergast in his new role as prison chaplain?

3. Wilfred Lucas-Dockery forces Paul to

4. Margot Metroland, married to the former Maltravers,

5. When Paul presses Potts about his line of work, Potts

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