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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?
(a) Ambrose is trying to trick Philip.
(b) Ambrose has gone insane.
(c) Ambrose was drunk when he wrote the letter.
(d) Ambrose did not write the letter.

2. What condition causes Ambrose to go abroad in the winters?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Asthma.

3. What occupation does Philip plan to take up to be like his cousin?
(a) Member of Parliament.
(b) School Teacher.
(c) Banker.
(d) Justice of the Peace.

4. What does Philip see floating in the river after leaving Rainaldi's office?
(a) A casket.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A basket filled with Ambrose's clothing.
(d) A dead dog.

5. Where did Philip go to university?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Nottingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose bring back from his travels abroad?

2. What does the servant at the villa tell Philip has been done with Ambrose's clothes?

3. What city is Villa Sangalletti near?

4. Where did Philip see a hanged man when he was just a boy?

5. What did a young Philip do before walking away from the hanged man?

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