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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Harriet first attend when she visits Shrewsbury College?
(a) Opening of chapel.
(b) Building of the tower.
(c) Harvest festival.
(d) Unveiling of the clock.

2. While having coffee after the Gaudy Dinner, who questions Harriet about the type of books she writes?
(a) Miss Barton.
(b) Miss Mollison.
(c) Miss Winters.
(d) The Dean.

3. What does Harriet read to Saint-George?
(a) The doctor's orders.
(b) A letter from his parents.
(c) A letter from Peter.
(d) One of her books.

4. Why is Pomfret at Shrewsbury College the morning after Harriet caught him climbing the wall?
(a) He is attending a lecture.
(b) He is meeting with Jukes.
(c) He is calling on Harriet.
(d) He is calling on Miss Cattermole.

5. Who tries to blackmail Pomfret for climbing over the college wall?
(a) Jukes.
(b) Farringdon.
(c) The Dean.
(d) Harriet.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who proposes to Harriet at regular intervals?

4. Who asks if there is to be an opening ceremony for the lavatories?

5. Where does Harriet find a robed figure hanging from the ceiling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Harriet's classmates and former professors receive her?

2. Why does Harriet tell Saint-George about the poltergeist in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 1, what are Harriet's emotions as she returns to Shrewsbury College?

4. What does Harriet choose to tell the faculty about the figure hanging in the chapel?

5. In Chapter 3, which two subjects had Harriet hoped not to think about at Oxford? Does she?

6. In Chapter 7, why does Harriet hide a man in the chapel during the middle of the night?

7. In Chapter 2, what does Harriet talk about while having coffee with the Dean and her other classmates?

8. Why does Miss Martin, Dean at Shrewsbury College, write a letter to Harriet in Chapter 4?

9. Why is Saint-George unable to keep his lunch appointment with Harriet?

10. Does Harriet learn anything about the poltergeist from the night when the fuses were removed?

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