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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roland do with the letters?
(a) He steals them.
(b) He copies them verbatim.
(c) He moves them to the back of the book.
(d) He makes summarized notes of their contents and condition.

2. What does Maud think of Cropper's biography of Ash?
(a) She thinks it captures the reality of Ash.
(b) She thinks it belittles Ash's writing.
(c) She thinks it idealizes Ash too much.
(d) She thinks it's more about Cropper than Ash.

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

4. Where is the largest collection of Ash's books housed?
(a) The Randolph Henry Ash Collection in Wisconsin.
(b) University of Cambridge in England.
(c) Robert Dale Owen University in New Mexico.
(d) Sapienza, Università di Roma in Rome.

5. What does Cropper think about writing while he drives away from Daisy Wapshott's house?
(a) A book about Ash's poetry.
(b) A popular novel about Ash's life.
(c) His autobiography.
(d) A book of his own poetry.

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

7. Where do Roland and Maud think Ash and Christabel went together?
(a) Devon.
(b) Kent.
(c) Northumberland.
(d) Yorkshire.

8. Who is interested in Christabel LaMotte's writings?
(a) Freudians.
(b) Feminists.
(c) Structuralists.
(d) Reader-response critics.

9. Who does Roland live with?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) A group of graduate students.
(c) No one.
(d) His parents.

10. Where is Christabel buried?
(a) In a sprawling country graveyard.
(b) In a churchyard.
(c) Behind an old family home.
(d) In a mausoleum in the city.

11. What is Maud's suggestion for herself and Roland to read the letters?
(a) She suggests that she begins reading at the beginning and Roland begins at the end.
(b) She suggests they read the letters aloud to each other.
(c) She suggests that she read the letters first, and Roland reads after her.
(d) She suggests that she read Christabel's letters, while Roland reads Ash's.

12. How old is Roland?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Thirty-eight.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-nine.

13. What does Roland think Maud should do about her hair?
(a) Let it down.
(b) Dye it brown.
(c) Cut it simply.
(d) Shave it off.

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

15. What poem does Roland think shows Christabel was in Yorkshire?
(a) White Linen.
(b) Perceptions of Passing.
(c) The Fairy Melusina.
(d) Beginnings and Endings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hotel is Cropper staying at?

2. Where does Cropper live?

3. What is the title of the book Roland looks at?

4. Who does Christabel say stole a letter and poem from Ash?

5. What hotel do Maud and Roland go to?

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