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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Harriet daydreaming about in the first paragraph of The Gaudy Night?
(a) Her childhood home.
(b) Lord Peter Wimsey.
(c) Shrewsbury College.
(d) Dinsdale Elementary School.

2. Several of Harriet's classmates ask her about which Lord?
(a) Saint-George Wimsey.
(b) Arnold Trent.
(c) Roger Stokes.
(d) Peter Wimsey.

3. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?
(a) A scout.
(b) A student.
(c) A man.
(d) A faculty member.

4. Where had the gowns been burnt?
(a) In the chapel.
(b) In the tower.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the quad.

5. At the end of the Gaudy, what does Harriet find with the cigarette case in her gown?
(a) A match.
(b) A picture of the gallows.
(c) A note calling her a murderess.
(d) A note telling her to leave Shrewsbury College.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes to Harriet at regular intervals?

2. Harriet suggests engaging investigators who disguise themselves as what?

3. What does Harriet do for a living?

4. Where does Harriet stay at her second visit to Oxford?

5. What does Harriet read about Shrewsbury College in a newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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