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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. At Edgdon Heath,
(a) The convicts are free to roam.
(b) The convicts are supposed to work.
(c) Tourists try to spot convicts.
(d) The quarries are tapped out.

2. What can we assume about Potts in this chapter?
(a) He is just a friend of Paul's.
(b) He is investigating something.
(c) He is up to no good.
(d) He is in love with Margot.

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

4. The author warns us that Paul Pennyfeather
(a) Will not be a hero in this story.
(b) Will be the only character left standing.
(c) Will not live up to Potts' expectations.
(d) Has a bright future in politics.

5. Ironically, the women are being escorted to Rio by
(a) Peter Beste-Chetwynde.
(b) Captain Grimes.
(c) Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde.
(d) Paul Pennyfeather.

Short Answer Questions

1. The death of Prendergast, perhaps, was

2. Unexpectedly, Grimes shows up in disguise, having

3. Paul's train ride to Kings Thursday foreshadows

4. The professor attracted Mrs. Beste-Chetwynde's attention with a rejected design

5. We can assume that the Hon. Miles Malpractice is

Short Essay Questions

1. What is about Margot that is so attractive to Peter? What personal motivation of Margot's does she make very clear to the men around her?

2. Margot Beste-Chetwynde had been at King's Thursday only once before she purchased the property many years later. Discuss that visit.

3. As they approach King's Thursday, Paul seems to be in reverie. What do his daydreams mean?

4. Why do you suppose Potts is intercepting Margot's interviewees across the street as they leave her residence?

5. How is it that Prendergast is now a chaplain at the prison where Paul is incarcerated?

6. Paul seems to have a temporary coming-out when he travels to London and meets with Potts. How is he different?

7. Paul is misunderstood as a misanthrope for wanting to stay in solitary confinement. Why does he prefer it?

8. Grimes has supposedly met with a terrible death in the bogs. Does Paul mourn his passing?

9. What does Waugh's final passage about Paul's reading say about Paul?

10. How does the judge see Paul's involvement in the crime for which he is convicted?

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