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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Birkin writes: "The engagement came as something of a surprise to their friends, for although Arthur and Sylvia made a spectacularly handsome couple, _____________ had virtually nothing in common." (Chapter 4 page 47).
(a) Their friends.
(b) Their siblings.
(c) Their families.
(d) They.

2. Things changed for Barrie when in 1892, he met _______________, an actress who operated her own touring company.
(a) Margaret Smith.
(b) Minnie Palmer.
(c) Sylvia Davies.
(d) Mary Ansell.

3. How did Davies die in 1960?
(a) He jumped off a bridge.
(b) He stepped in front of an oncoming train.
(c) He overdosed.
(d) He died from cancer.

4. What was one of the few things that seemed to console Margaret after David's death?
(a) He would remain a boy forever.
(b) He had not suffered.
(c) He was in heaven.
(d) He was watching over them.

5. With what did Barrie have some bargaining power?
(a) A play he had written earlier titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."
(b) A play he had purchased titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."
(c) A play he had produced titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."
(d) A play he had published titled "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire."

6. Which child was the apple of Margaret's eye?
(a) David.
(b) Maggie.
(c) James.
(d) Jane Ann.

7. The prologue begins by discussing the death of whom?
(a) Peter Llewellyn Davies.
(b) Nico Davies.
(c) George Davies.
(d) Michael Davies.

8. What did David Barrie bring into the life of young James?
(a) Theater.
(b) Literature.
(c) Dance.
(d) Music.

9. The only thing that could dampen Barrie's spirit was what?
(a) The weather.
(b) Death.
(c) His health.
(d) Politics.

10. What was the only argument between Frohman and James?
(a) Frohman wanted him to be an actor and he wanted to be a playwright.
(b) Frohman wanted him to be a playwright and he wanted to be an actor.
(c) Frohman wanted him to be a novelist and he wanted to be a playwright.
(d) Frohman wanted him to be a playwright and he wanted to be a novelist.

11. Barrie's nephew Charlie was the impetus for Barrie's creation of a character named ___________.
(a) Peterkin.
(b) Captain Hook.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Charlie.

12. James Barrie's father, David Barrie, was a ______________.
(a) Painter.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Miner.

13. What does James say about his five years at Dumfries Academy?
(a) They were the most boring of his life.
(b) They were very lonely.
(c) They were the happiest years in his life.
(d) They were the most difficult of his life.

14. What seemed to intrigue Barrie the most while at school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Music.
(c) Dance.
(d) The theater.

15. Barrie began to tell Frohman about the play, which he had renamed what?
(a) The Great White.
(b) The Great.
(c) The Great White Way.
(d) The Great White Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the working title of the play?

2. Why did Barrie enroll at Edinburgh University?

3. Barrie dreamed of becoming what?

4. Where did Barrie meet Sylvia Llewellyn Davies?

5. To where was the reverend transferred?

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