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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 puppetry show do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall go to see in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 21?
(a) The Magnificent Fibronacci
(b) Punch and Judy
(c) The French Marionette Troop
(d) The Royal Marionettes

2. In Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 18, who becomes convinced that the marionette is actually Clara?
(a) Parsefall
(b) Grisini
(c) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(d) Lizzie Rose

3. The letter that Lizzie Rose finds while mending clothes for Mrs. Pinchbeck’s stepson in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 24 was sent by whom?
(a) Grisini
(b) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(c) Dr. Wintermute
(d) Cassandra

4. What ailment did Clara’s siblings die from?
(a) Cholera
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Epilepsy

5. Lizzie Rose is surprised to discover that the puppet she takes to give to Parsefall in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 17 looks just like whom?
(a) Agnes
(b) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(c) Clara
(d) Mrs. Wintermute

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day is Clara’s birthday in the novel?

2. What month is it said to be when Clara awakens on her birthday in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of Clara’s governess in the novel?

4. How many years ago did Grisini take Parsefall from a workhouse, according to the narrator in Part One: “Fog”?

5. What is the title of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What encounter takes place between Parsefall and Dr. Wintermute in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 25?

2. What part of Clara’s birthday party is she most looking forward to in the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1?

3. What are Parsefall’s impressions of the Wintermute home when he arrives in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?

4. What is Cassandra doing when her character is first introduced in the Prologue: “Fire”? What is her principle concern?

5. What causes the commotion that comes from downstairs at Mrs. Pinchbeck’s boarding house in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 8?

6. Where does Grisini awaken in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 19? What information does Cassandra learn from him?

7. What is Grisini doing in the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 14? Why?

8. What leads up to the argument between Parsefall and Lizzie Rose in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 17?

9. What happens when Dr. Wintermute goes to Lizzie Rose’s room at the boarding house in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 26?

10. How is the meeting between Clara, Lizzie Rose, and Parsefall described in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 3?

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