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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book Roland looks at?
(a) Principi di una Scienza.
(b) Pranks of Priapus.
(c) The Grecian Way of Love.
(d) Garden of Proserpina.

2. In what condition is the book Roland is studying?
(a) Good condition, with just a few minor problems.
(b) Good condition, except for the last fifty pages.
(c) Perfect condition, like new.
(d) Poor condition, with many problems.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Roland help Lady Joan Bailey?

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

3. Where do Roland and Maud decide to go together to further their investigation?

4. How many standing stones does the child see?

5. How did Ellen Ash feel about Christabel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Roland's initial reaction to the letters?

2. What does Maud tell Beatrice about the importance of what she finds in Ellen's journal and papers?

3. What does Sir George plan to do at the end of the chapter?

4. Who is responsible for ending the affair between Christabel and Ash?

5. Why is Mrs. Wapshott unwilling to sell Ash's letters to Cropper?

6. What do Roland and Maud do on their day trip?

7. What is Maud's dilemma about Leonora?

8. Describe the relationship between Blackadder and Cropper.

9. What is the weather like on Roland and Maud's day trip away from Ash and Christabel?

10. What is Swammerdam's situation at the end of his life?

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