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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the New Library ceremony, the maid Annie tells Harriet that the vandalism began after who arrived?
(a) Miss de Vine.
(b) Miss Martin.
(c) Miss Barton.
(d) Miss Hillyard.

2. After Harriet notices the light on in the New Library, whose room does she find empty?
(a) Miss Martin's.
(b) Miss Barton's.
(c) Miss de Vine's.
(d) Miss Burrow's.

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

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

5. Whose manuscript has been mutilated in an act of vandalism?
(a) The Warden's.
(b) Miss Lydgate's.
(c) Miss Vine's.
(d) Miss Martin's.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Of what had Harriet been accused by the police?

4. Where had the gowns been burnt?

5. How were the notes written?

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