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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Peter broken when he takes Harriet to dinner after her return from Oxford?
(a) His motorcar.
(b) Harriet's handbag.
(c) Two ribs.
(d) His ankle.

3. Which maid at Shrewsbury College is a widow with two children?
(a) Jill.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Linda.
(d) Annie.

4. Whom do the Fellows and Tutors originally suspect as the culprit of the letters and vandalism?
(a) A faculty member.
(b) The porter.
(c) A first year student.
(d) A scout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does a servant find under the table where Peter and Harriet were dining?

2. During her time at Oxford, Harriet discovers that people are more interested in whom, rather than herself?

3. Whom does Miss Hillyard accuse of the acts of vandalism?

4. Who was the last person to handle Miss Lydgate's manuscript?

5. What is Harriet daydreaming about in the first paragraph of The Gaudy Night?

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