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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Beatrix Potter Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, why were Beatrix and her brother in the countryside with their parents?
(a) For safety.
(b) For their father's amusement.
(c) For their father's business.
(d) To visit family.

2. Which characters did Beatrix imbue with a sense of pride and self-reliance?
(a) Her rabbit characters.
(b) Her foreign characters.
(c) Her housewife characters.
(d) Her child characters.

3. What did Beatrix do in the countryside while visiting Caroline?
(a) Hunted fowl.
(b) Photographed animals.
(c) Caught butterflied.
(d) Wrote poetry.

4. How are Caroline's political views described?
(a) As radical.
(b) As liberal.
(c) As eccentric.
(d) As conservative.

5. What was Beatrix's brother's name?
(a) Bertram.
(b) Alistair.
(c) Dunstan.
(d) Elliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was against Caroline's beliefs?

2. What did Beatrix and her brother restore together as children?

3. What were the books Beatrix published after her marriage based on?

4. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?

5. What kind of message did Beatrix's setting help convey?

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