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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. Who proposes to Harriet at regular intervals?
(a) Lord Peter Wimsey.
(b) Saint-George Wimsey.
(c) The Dean.
(d) Lord Edward White.

2. How does Harriet arrive at Oxford in Chapter 1?
(a) By train.
(b) By plane.
(c) By car.
(d) By bus.

3. When does Harriet notice a suspicious light on in the New Library?
(a) After breakfast.
(b) At 10 p.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) At 3 a.m.

4. To what does Saint-George invite Harriet after their first meeting?
(a) The theatre.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A Mayday festival.
(d) Dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather does Harriet drive through at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What does Harriet do for a living?

3. At the New Library ceremony, the maid Annie tells Harriet that the vandalism began after who arrived?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what do the Dean and Harriet conclude from the absence of spelling mistakes in the poison pen letters?

3. In the meeting that takes place during Chapter 5, why is it concluded that the culprit must be a resident at Oxford?

4. Describe Harriet and Peter's relationship from the time of Harriet's return from Europe to her weekend at the Gaudy.

5. How does Saint-George embarrass himself in front of Harriet?

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

7. Why is Sunday the best part of a Gaudy?

8. How does Harriet find the disaster in the New Library the night before its opening?

9. How does Harriet handle the vandalism of the New Library?

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

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