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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the secret that Tobias is said to harbor in Chapter 10?
(a) His is secretly married to two women.
(b) He is an escaped convict.
(c) He is in love with his wife’s sister.
(d) He is a millionaire.

2. What does Miss Mott reply when Mercy says in Chapter 4, “I don’t think he’s a footman at all. Don’t he look ever so distinguished?”
(a) “He looks like a murderer.”
(b) “He looks like a lord.”
(c) “He looks like a thief.”
(d) “He looks like a gentleman.”

3. Who was the master of Mr. Buckle’s home on Great Queen Street prior to Mr. Buckle?
(a) Mr. Oates.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Mr. Spinks.
(d) Mr. Quentin.

4. In Chapter 7, Mr. Hawthorne describes an article from The Chronicle about a Russian gentleman who came from Sebastopol to learn what in London?
(a) Veterinary medicine.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Magnetism.
(d) Christianity.

5. What is the name of Mr. Buckle’s “bibulous and senile butler” that he inherited along with his house on Great Queen Street?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mr. Pope.
(c) Mr. Constable.
(d) Mr. Spinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of Mr. Tobias Oates?

2. Who is the 70-year-old woman that the man in the red waistcoat addresses outside of her home at Number Four Cecil Street in Chapter 1?

3. How old is Tobias said to be in Chapter 10?

4. What physical curiosity is noted of the man in the red waistcoat both aboard the coach and outside the gin bar in Chapter 1?

5. Who is said to have painted a portrait of Tobias in 1838?

(see the answer key)

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