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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. What does Horace Borrodaile speak about in his monologues on board the ship?
(a) The articles he has published.
(b) The state of his farmland.
(c) His factory receipts.
(d) Politics, hunting, and taxes.

2. What does Oscar ask Lucinda when he is worried about her reputation?
(a) To take religious vows.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To marry Dennis.
(d) To travel with him.

3. What phobia does Oscar explain to Lucinda when he visits her stateroom?
(a) His fear of snakes.
(b) His fear of heights.
(c) His fear of airplanes.
(d) His fear of the ocean.

4. How much does Mr. Stratton plan to bet at the racetrack his first time there?
(a) His entire life savings.
(b) One pound.
(c) One hundred quid.
(d) Twenty pounds.

5. How far does Mr. Phelps walk with his son to see Lucinda and Oscar at her home?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) Six miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda offer to Mr. Jeffris and his men so that they return Oscar safely?

2. Who is Mrs. Smith?

3. Where did Lucinda escape to when the ship stopped at a harbor in Chapter 60?

4. What does Lucinda say she envies about Oscar when they are dining out and discussing Oscar's idea of a glass church?

5. What game is Lucinda playing when she sees Oscar in Chapter 64?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Lucinda consider Oscar as a potential husband?

2. How does Oscar's enthusiastic description of the phosphorescence phenomenon end up making him feel lonely and left out?

3. Why is Lucinda angry that Mr. Phelps invited her and Oscar for a tour of the factory?

4. Why is Wardley-Fish thwarted in his attempts to catch up with Oscar on the expedition?

5. What scandal do Lucinda and Oscar create?

6. Why do Horace Borrodaile and Percy Smith try to get Oscar to walk on the open deck?

7. Why does Miriam Chadwick wear black?

8. Why does Mrs. Smith change her mind about working as Lucinda's housekeeper?

9. How does Lucinda grow comfortable around Oscar and begin to admire him again?

10. Does Lucinda get along with Horace Borrodaile?

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