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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. Where did Caroline have a home?
(a) Haresfield.
(b) Holcombe Hill.
(c) Huddinknoll.
(d) Harescombe Grange.

2. In what fad of the time did Beatrix's father like to engage?
(a) Stage acting.
(b) Amateur photography.
(c) Bird watching.
(d) Sculpting.

3. How many books did Beatrix publish after her marriage?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

4. What would Beatrix and her brother often do with the animals and plants they observed?
(a) Paint and draw them.
(b) Write stories about them.
(c) Photograph them.
(d) Give them new names.

5. What does Beatrix express her sense of through her characters?
(a) Human foibles.
(b) Archetypal characteristics.
(c) Entire species.
(d) The workings of children's imaginations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the people at the meeting in 1896 dislike Beatrix's drawings?

2. What was the name of the village local to Beatrix's farm?

3. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.

4. What did Beatrix's parents object to in Chapter 4?

5. According to Chapter 2, which of the following did not bother Beatrix?

(see the answer key)

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