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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 Lucy's brother pretending to do at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Examine a dinosaur bone.
(b) Play a game of cards.
(c) Swordfight.
(d) Write a letter.

2. Where is the setting of the second part of the novel?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

3. What happens to Lucy and Miss Lavish after breakfast?
(a) They get chased by a dog.
(b) They get lost.
(c) They get in a fight.
(d) They are robbed.

4. What is Lucy instructed not to use on her adventure?
(a) A Baedeker.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A compass.
(d) Lucy's room key.

5. Right after playing the piano for Mr. Beebe, what does Lucy insist on doing?
(a) Going out.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Dressing for bed.
(d) Taking a bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lucy and Miss Bartlett complain about at their meal?

2. The tea at the end of Chapter 8 is fun but has an undercurrent of what?

3. What does Lucy try to do after fainting?

4. What does Lucy talk about with Mr. Beebe when a conversation about feelings makes her uncomfortable?

5. During the group's ride home from the country, Lucy mistakes Miss Bartlett's proximity for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cecil want the Emersons to move into the villa? What does Cecil attribute Lucy's negative response to the situation as?

2. At what point in the story does Lucy declare her love for Cecil and why?

3. Why is Miss Lavish interested in the experience Lucy has with the dying man?

4. The first chapter of Room with a View is set in Florence, Italy. What type of city is Florence and why might this have been chosen as the setting?

5. What does George do to Lucy's photographs? What does this act symbolize?

6. What is the meaning of the quote Mr. Emerson has written on the wardrobe?

7. How does Windy Corner become so popular? What does this say about high society?

8. Cecil and Lucy share a kiss by Sacred Lake. How does it compare to Lucy's kiss with George?

9. How is the character of Cecil described?

10. Why is it ironic that Mr. Eager sends away the Italian, yet encourages Lucy to embrace the view from the window?

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