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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lady Joan invite Maud and Roland to stay overnight at Seal Court?
(a) To make Sir George annoyed.
(b) Because of the weather.
(c) Because Maud wants to work late.
(d) Because Lady Joan wants to talk with Maud.

2. What does Cropper do to the letters he is trying to buy from Daisy Wapshott?
(a) He cuts off a piece of the paper to analyze.
(b) He secretly photographs them.
(c) He secretly writes an exact copy of them.
(d) He memorizes them.

3. Who does Val come home with?
(a) A woman friend from work.
(b) A man dressed in artsy clothes with a beard.
(c) A wealthy-looking woman.
(d) A man in a red Porsche.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. What does Swammerdam study?
(a) Swammerdam studies soil and fungi.
(b) Swammerdam studies rocks and geological formations.
(c) Swammerdam studies insects and microorganisms.
(d) Swammerdam studies plants and trees.

9. Does Ash think that Christabel can be both a muse and a poet?
(a) No, Ash thinks she can only be a poet, but never a muse.
(b) Yes, but not at the same time.
(c) Yes, Ash thinks she can be his muse and her own poet.
(d) No, Ash thinks she can be only one or the other.

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

11. What relation does Maud say she has to Christabel?
(a) Maud is no relation.
(b) Maud is her cousin's granddaughter.
(c) Maud is her great-great-great niece.
(d) Maud is her third cousin once removed.

12. What kind of interpretation does the writing that Maud gives Roland put on Christabel's imagery?
(a) A literal interpretation.
(b) A metaphysical interpretation.
(c) A religious interpretation.
(d) A sexual interpretation.

13. What does Blanche Glover refer to Christabel as?
(a) A queen.
(b) A princess.
(c) A nun.
(d) A saint.

14. Whose diary does Roland read at the Women's Resource Center?
(a) Christabel LaMotte's.
(b) Maud Bailey's.
(c) Blanche Glover's.
(d) Sir George Bailey's.

15. Does Roland show Maud the letters?
(a) No, he keeps the letters completely secret.
(b) Yes, but not at first.
(c) No, but he tells her a little bit about the letters.
(d) Yes, but he doesn't tell her he took the originals.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Val cook complex meals?

2. What does Roland do with the letters?

3. What does the light reflected from the water on the cave ceiling look like?

4. How does Roland begin his investigation of the letters?

5. Does Maud like Ash's poems?

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