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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lady Audley react to Robert's accusations?
(a) She offers proof against his accusations.
(b) She calls him a liar.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She becomes frightened.

2. To whom are clues in the letters from Clara damning in regards to Robert's investigation?
(a) Halcourt.
(b) Clara.
(c) George.
(d) Lady Audley.

3. What does the doctor find after examining Lady Audley?
(a) She is ill and needs help.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is suffering the plague.
(d) She is perfectly sane.

4. How does Robert reveal what he feels about Alicia?
(a) Robert wishes they were not related so he could marry her.
(b) Robert is in love with her.
(c) Robert dislikes her.
(d) Robert is fond of her, but not in love.

5. Who described Lady Audley in such a way that she resembled Helen Talboys?
(a) Robert.
(b) Captain Maldon.
(c) Clara.
(d) George.

6. What plan does Lady Audley concoct to make Robert leave Audley Court?
(a) She plans to convince Lord Audley that Robert is insane.
(b) She plans to convince Lord Audley that Robert made a pass at her.
(c) She plans to convince Lord Audley that Robert hit her.
(d) She plans to convince Lord Audley that Robert stole from her.

7. What excuse does Phoebe give for asking for this money?
(a) That Lady Audley owes her.
(b) That Robert sent her.
(c) That Lady Audley can afford it.
(d) That Luke will beat her otherwise.

8. Why does Robert return to Audley Court?
(a) To find and bury George.
(b) To live in Audley Court now that it is vacant.
(c) To remove Lady Audley's things.
(d) To close up the house for his uncle.

9. What is the nature of the falling out Halcourt Talboys and George Talboys have had?
(a) George disgraced the family with alcohol use.
(b) George disgraced the family by having a child out of wedlock.
(c) George was disowned for marrying Helen.
(d) George stole from Halcourt.

10. Why does Lady Audley claim that Helen Talboys married George Talboys?
(a) For love.
(b) For his money.
(c) For the sake of the child.
(d) For her father.

11. What item does Phoebe give to Lady Audley?
(a) A letter.
(b) A picture.
(c) A book.
(d) A baby slipper.

12. Why does Lady Audley go to Mount Stanning?
(a) To beg Robert to keep her secret.
(b) To ask for Luke's help in hiding George's body.
(c) To pay a bribe to Luke and Phoebe.
(d) To confess to Robert.

13. What does Clara send to Robert in order to aid his investigation?
(a) Letters from Clara to George.
(b) Letters from Helen to George.
(c) Letters from George to Helen.
(d) Letters to her from George.

14. Why does Robert visit Halcourt Talboys?
(a) To inform him of his investigation.
(b) To inform him of George's probable death.
(c) To ask if he has seen George lately.
(d) To ask for help in his investigation.

15. What name does Helen Talboys/Lady Audley take while in the sanitarium?
(a) Mrs. Taylor.
(b) Mrs. Maldon.
(c) Mrs. Talboys.
(d) Mrs. Padson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Robert not go to the police with Lady Audley's secret?

2. Why does Clara chase Robert out of Halcourt Talboys house?

3. What proof does Luke have to support his story of George's fall into the well?

4. How does Lord Audley react to Lady Audley's tears?

5. What threat does Lady Audley make against Robert?

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