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

2. Margot assures Paul that their honeymoon will be
(a) The best three months of Peter's life.
(b) The best three months of their lives.
(c) The best three months of her life.
(d) The best three months of his life.

3. The new companion, the "big man," thinks an angel told him
(a) To decapitate the elect.
(b) To kill everyone.
(c) To kill all Catholics.
(d) To kill his own family.

4. The unsuspecting Paul Pennyfeather is arrested while
(a) Getting young Peter drunk.
(b) Eating eggs.
(c) Primping for his wedding.
(d) Making a toast to fortune.

5. Again, Paul is living the good life now, as
(a) A dead man.
(b) A tourist.
(c) A fugitive.
(d) Margot's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author refers to Paul's shadow which is

2. When Potts arrives, on Grimes' trail, Paul

3. Who does the little man think Philbrick is?

4. When Inspector Bruce appears, Paul thinks he is there to discuss

5. Grimes is in prison, convicted of

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery represents a certain type of character in Waugh's coterie of nuts. Describe him.

3. What comparable trait can be said to be possessed by both Margot and Grimes?

4. How is Paul given the news of Prendergast's death?

5. The author gives us a clear glimpse of Pennyfeather's future at the end of this chapter. Discuss this seemingly awkwardly-placed revelation.

6. Discuss Professor Silenus' role in the renovation of King's Thursday. What does he set out to accomplish?

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

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

9. On whom can we blame the death of Prendergast?

10. Discuss Dr. Fagan's current state of affairs at Llanabba.

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