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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had Sarah told Bendrix took the picture of her he has on his desk?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Henry.
(c) A female friend.
(d) Her mother.

2. What aspect of his novel, 'The Ambitious Host', does Henry say Bendrix "got all wrong"?
(a) A husband wanting his dead wife to come back.
(b) A house feeling empty after one's wife dies.
(c) The belief that love lives forever.
(d) A house feeling more lively when friends are there.

3. Why does Bendrix break his date with Sylvia?
(a) He must accompany Sarah's mother home.
(b) In order to take Sarah's mother to dinner.
(c) He feels guilty for bringing her to Sarah's funeral.
(d) Henry disapproves of Sylvia.

4. What does Smythe actually believe cured his skin condition?
(a) Psychiatry and radium.
(b) Urticaria.
(c) Touching his cheek to Sarah's hair.
(d) Electric treatment.

5. Why does Henry call Bendrix one morning?
(a) To ask him for help with Sarah.
(b) To ask him to come and take Sarah to the hospital.
(c) To tell him Sarah is dead.
(d) To confront him about his affair with Sarah.

6. What book does Bendrix find in Sarah's collection that was one of his personal favorites?
(a) Andrew Laing's fairy book.
(b) Last Expedition by Captain Scott.
(c) The Poetry of Thomas Hood.
(d) The Children of the New Forest.

7. Why does Sarah agree to continue to visit Richard Smythe?
(a) She has nothing else to do.
(b) She is attracted to him.
(c) She feels sorry for him.
(d) She wants to believe what he believes.

8. What about the Catholic church does Henry find "materialistic"?
(a) Transubstantiation.
(b) The ornate decoration.
(c) The statues of Mary.
(d) The statues of Christ.

9. What line from Sarah's diary comes to Bendrix's mind as he reads a comment she wrote on an old school recital program?
(a) When I ask for pain, you give me peace.
(b) I'm a phoney and a fake.
(c) What utter piffle!
(d) Love doesn't stop just because we stop seeing each other.

10. What does Smythe first tell Bendrix cured him of his skin ailment?
(a) Sarah's kiss.
(b) An operation.
(c) Urticaria.
(d) Electricity.

11. What reason does Smythe give for belief in resurrection?
(a) People will believe anything the church tells them.
(b) People want to believe they can be born again.
(c) People want to believe their bodies are divine.
(d) People need their bodies.

12. Why does Parkis visit the Reading Room?
(a) To find Bendrix.
(b) To observe a investigation subject.
(c) To help his son complete a school project.
(d) To read the Times Law Reports.

13. Why is Waterbury surprised when Sylvia offers to escort Bendrix to Sarah's funeral?
(a) It is Wednesday and she usually visits her mother on Thursdays.
(b) Sylvia is under contract to work only with Waterbury.
(c) It is Tuesday and she usually visits her mother on Wednesdays.
(d) Waterbury is jealous that Sylvia is attracted to Bendrix.

14. What about Richard Smythe does Sarah find beautiful?
(a) His scarred face.
(b) His confidence.
(c) His beliefs.
(d) His hands.

15. Why does Richard Smythe ask Sarah to never visit him again?
(a) She rejects his marriage proposal.
(b) She refuses to give up Christianity.
(c) She criticizes him.
(d) She is not making progress learning Rationalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose funeral was the first that Bendrix ever attended?

2. What does Sarah say she would rather be than Lady Miles?

3. Why does Sarah take Richard Smythe's card?

4. Who does Sarah follow to the Pontefract Arms?

5. What reason does Smythe give Bendrix for no longer speaking on the Common?

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