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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, which old friend of Harriet's is ill and urges her to attend a school event?
(a) Dorothy Collins.
(b) Betty Armstrong.
(c) Mary Stokes.
(d) Vera Mollison.

2. Harriet and the Dean discuss the absence of what in the malevolent notes?
(a) Proper names.
(b) Grammar.
(c) English.
(d) Misspellings.

3. Whom was Shrewsbury College named after?
(a) Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, who was considered greater than her husband.
(b) Mary, Countess of Shrewsbury, who was meek and mild mannered.
(c) Lord Shrewsbury, who founded the college.
(d) Lord Shrewsbury, who first allowed women to attend Oxford.

4. What does Harriet read about Shrewsbury College in a newspaper?
(a) Students had received hate mail.
(b) The college was being shut down.
(c) A manuscript had been mutilated.
(d) There had been a bonfire of gowns.

5. In Chapter 4, what does a servant find under the table where Peter and Harriet were dining?
(a) A rose.
(b) Hate mail.
(c) Harriet's notebook.
(d) A letter from the Dean.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many colleges have been vandalized?

4. At the end of the Gaudy, what does Harriet find with the cigarette case in her gown?

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

(see the answer key)

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