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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) Dinsdale Elementary School.
(b) Shrewsbury College.
(c) Her childhood home.
(d) Lord Peter Wimsey.

2. During her time at Oxford, Harriet discovers that people are more interested in whom, rather than herself?
(a) Lord Arnold Tyndale.
(b) Mary Stokes.
(c) The characters from her books.
(d) Lord Peter Wimsey.

3. Catherine Freemantle, a former classmate of Harriet's, married a farmer and now lives where?
(a) On the Scottish border.
(b) In Ireland.
(c) In Yorkshire.
(d) On the Welsh border.

4. Of what had Harriet been accused by the police?
(a) Perjury.
(b) Murder.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Vandalism.

5. Who was the last person to handle Miss Lydgate's manuscript?
(a) Miss Hillyard.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Miss Lydgate.
(d) Miss Barton.

Short Answer Questions

1. While having coffee after the Gaudy Dinner, who questions Harriet about the type of books she writes?

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

3. Who walks with Harriet back to her room after having coffee?

4. How many colleges have been vandalized?

5. What has Peter broken when he takes Harriet to dinner after her return from Oxford?

(see the answer key)

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