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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. When does Lizzie Rose decide she and Parsefall should run away in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 42?
(a) Next week
(b) Next month
(c) That night
(d) The next morning

2. What word from Part Two: “Ice” refers to the arch that separates a stage from an auditorium?
(a) Orchestra pit
(b) Muslin
(c) Filigree
(d) Proscenium

3. Where does Clara go at the bidding of the voice that calls to her in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 31?
(a) The drawing room
(b) The basement
(c) The tower
(d) The cemetery

4. Where will Parsefall and Lizzie Rose live after Cassandra’s death and funeral, according to the narrator in the Epilogue?
(a) At the Wintermutes’ home
(b) At Mrs. Pinchbeck’s boarding house
(c) At a city orphanage
(d) At Lizzie Rose’s aunt’s home

5. Who does Cassandra dream of in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 29?
(a) Clara
(b) Parsefall
(c) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(d) Miss Cameron

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 42?

2. What does Clara encase the phoenix-stone in so that it will not burn her in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46?

3. What playwright’s works does Lizzie Rose choose as items she would like from the house in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 34?

4. Grisini awakens Parsefall in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 33 and tells him that if he doesn’t steal the phoenix-stone, Grisini will do what?

5. Dr. and Mrs. Wintermute argue because Dr. Wintermute refuses to go where with his wife in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara do with the phoenix-stone once she’s stolen it in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46? Who tries to stop her?

2. How is the meeting of Lizzie Rose, Parsefall, and Cassandra described in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 32?

3. What does Parsefall reveal of Grisini’s whereabouts in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 47? What is Cassandra’s state like when the children encounter her?

4. What decision does Dr. Wintermute make after meeting with his visitor in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48? Why?

5. What does Parsefall dream of in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 45? What does he vow to do when he awakens from the dream?

6. What do Lizzie Rose and Parsefall discover when they go downstairs in Strachan’s Ghyll in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50?

7. What takes place in the climax of the novel in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 46?

8. What actions does Clara commit in order to warn Parsefall and Lizzie Rose in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 33?

9. What exchange takes place between Parsefall and Grisini in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 33?

10. What gift does Parsefall choose from Cassandra’s table in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 35?

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