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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hotel do Maud and Roland go to?
(a) The Marsh Alby Manor Hotel.
(b) The Andover Colby Tanner Hotel.
(c) The Hoff Lunn Spout Hotel.
(d) The Mark Loudy Kenn Hotel.

2. How does Roland help Lady Joan Bailey?
(a) By picking up the jacket she has dropped.
(b) By removing a stone from the wheel of her wheelchair.
(c) By unsticking the wheelchair's brakes.
(d) By helping her up the stairs.

3. When is the poem Swammerdam set?
(a) In 1880.
(b) In 1580.
(c) In 1680.
(d) In 1780.

4. How does Christabel react to her feelings of love with Ash?
(a) With ecstasy that she has finally found spiritual love.
(b) With fear for the loss of her solitude.
(c) With anger that he is manipulating her.
(d) With hatred toward herself for giving in to a man.

5. Who came to see Ellen while her husband was away?
(a) Ash's mother.
(b) Ash's father.
(c) Blanche.
(d) Christabel.

6. How many letters does Roland find in the book?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

7. What did Ash send his wife during his trip?
(a) A gold ring.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) A saphire bracelet.
(d) A jet brooch.

8. How old is Swammerdam in the poem?
(a) In his 20s and just beginning his adulthood.
(b) In his 80s but hanging on to life.
(c) In his 40s and close to his death.
(d) In his teens and anticipating the future.

9. What is Roland's job?
(a) Unemployed student.
(b) Full-time professor.
(c) Library assistant.
(d) Part-time research assistant.

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

11. What kind of car does Cropper drive?
(a) A silver Volkswagen.
(b) A blue Maserati.
(c) A black Mercedes.
(d) A red Porsche.

12. How many pictures of Ash does Roland have?
(a) None.
(b) Seven.
(c) A dozen.
(d) Three.

13. How does Ash address the recipient of the letters?
(a) "Dear Madam."
(b) "My Dearest Friend."
(c) "Dear Miss."
(d) "My Darling."

14. Whose writing is Fergus studying?
(a) Balzac.
(b) Flaubert.
(c) Milton.
(d) Baudelaire.

15. Why does Maud cover her hair?
(a) Because women interpret her long hair as intended to please men.
(b) Because men won't take her seriously with long blond hair.
(c) Because she is embarrassed about her hair.
(d) Because she doesn't want her hair to tangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lady Joan invite Maud and Roland to stay overnight at Seal Court?

2. What was the purpose of Ash's trip, which Roland and Maud suspect Christabel accompanied him on?

3. Where did Ash meet the woman the letters are addressed to?

4. How does Sir George react to the discovery?

5. What is Maud's home like?

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