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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Joan and George Bailey invite to read the letters between Ash and Christabel?
(a) Blackadder.
(b) Cropper.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Maud and Roland.

2. What is Maud's home like?
(a) Old and decaying.
(b) Messy and noisy.
(c) Lively and changing.
(d) Sterile and tidy.

3. What does Ash do that makes Christabel say that perhaps they should stop writing?
(a) Ash tells Christobel how beautiful she is.
(b) Ash asks her to come away with him.
(c) Ash goes by Christabel's house when he is nearby.
(d) Ash mentions possibly divorcing his wife.

4. What poem is James Blackadder annotating at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Swammerdam.
(b) Ragnarök III.
(c) The Garden of Proserpina.
(d) Mummy Possest.

5. What condition does Beatrice impose on Roland reading Ellen Ash's journals?
(a) Roland must not take any notes.
(b) Roland must not leave Beatrice's office.
(c) Roland must not touch the original journals.
(d) Roland must not read any but a few specific pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Val tell Fergus that Roland is?

2. Does Ash think that Christabel can be both a muse and a poet?

3. What does Maud think of Cropper's biography of Ash?

4. How does Christabel react to her feelings of love with Ash?

5. What does Blackadder tell Fergus when Fergus asks where Roland is?

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