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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. Lizzie Rose does not want to return to London because she is afraid of what there in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 42?
(a) Her father
(b) Her mother
(c) The police
(d) The peasants

2. Where does Parsefall look forward to returning to in the novel’s Epilogue?
(a) London
(b) New York
(c) Paris
(d) Dublin

3. What is the name of Cassandra’s housemaid in the novel?
(a) Mrs. Fettle
(b) Agnes
(c) Mrs. Pinchbeck
(d) Clara

4. The title of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 43 is “The Maze in the” what?
(a) The Gatehouse
(b) The Morning After
(c) Tower
(d) The Wolf and the Swan

5. What is the title of Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 40?
(a) The Miniature
(b) Of Purse Strings and Puppet Strings
(c) The Wolf and the Swan
(d) The Wintermutes’ Christmas

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parsefall choose from the table of items Cassandra presents him with in her room in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 35?

2. What word from Part Two: “Ice” refers to the arch that separates a stage from an auditorium?

3. What word from Part Two: “Ice” refers to any of various alloys in which tin is the chief constituent, originally one of tin and lead?

4. Dr. Wintermute’s visitor in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48 shows him a letter with whose return address on the envelope?

5. Who has abandoned Strachan’s Ghyll in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Parsefall save Clara in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 47? What do the children discover when they return to the house?

3. Who arrives to visit Dr. Wintermute in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 48? What item does this character bring with her?

4. What does Clara ask of her parents in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 50? How do they respond?

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

6. What does Cassandra relate about Marguerite in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 37?

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

8. How are Parsefall’s thoughts described in the Epilogue? What is Parsefall looking forward to?

9. How does Cassandra say she came into possession of the phoenix-stone in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 49?

10. How is the arrival of Lizzie Rose and Parsefall at Strachan’s Ghyll described in Part Two: “Ice,” Chapter 29?

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