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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Ash and Christabel meet after the incident of the stolen letter?
(a) At the house of Ash's cousin.
(b) At the coast in Wales.
(c) In a park on a rainy day.
(d) At the British Museum.

2. Does Maud like Ash's poems?
(a) Yes, she enjoys his poetry.
(b) No, she hates his poems.
(c) No, but she lies to Roland about it.
(d) Yes, but he won't admit it to Roland.

3. What do people think of Swammerdam's discoveries?
(a) People think Swammerdam is a genius.
(b) People think Swammerdam is insane.
(c) People think Swammerdam's discoveries are interesting but unimportant.
(d) People think Swammerdam's discoveries are interesting but too difficult to understand.

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

5. Where does Cropper live?
(a) In a large ranch in Texas.
(b) In a mansion in New Mexico.
(c) In a penthouse in New York.
(d) In a lodge in Colorado.

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

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

8. What is Roland's reaction to Val telling him that a man wants to take her away to Newmarket?
(a) He is relieved that she's leaving.
(b) He says it may do her good.
(c) He says she is making it up.
(d) He is jealous and angry.

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

10. 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.

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

12. How does Roland feel about the library?
(a) He is afraid of it.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He is bored by it.
(d) He hates it.

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

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

15. Where did Ash meet the woman the letters are addressed to?
(a) At a dance.
(b) At a friend's breakfast.
(c) At a political meeting.
(d) At a university lecture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the library at Seal Court like?

3. What is the title of the story told in Chapter 9?

4. What does Maud learn about the pin she is wearing on her turban?

5. Which apparition does the child follow?

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