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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. What kind of message did Beatrix's setting help convey?
(a) A scientific one.
(b) A complex one.
(c) A naturalistic one.
(d) A simple one.

2. What was Beatrix's first children's book?
(a) The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
(b) The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
(c) The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.
(d) The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan.

3. How did other books choose to illustrate animal characters?
(a) Abstractly.
(b) Colorfully.
(c) Grotesquely.
(d) Realistically.

4. Where was Beatrix born?
(a) Willowdown Valley.
(b) Meadowbrook.
(c) Clifton Heights.
(d) Bolton Gardens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beatrix's personality change as time went on in her youth?

2. Around what holiday would the Potter family visit the sea?

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

4. What animal was central to the financing of Beatrix's farm?

5. In Chapter 5, what is said to have become a problem for Beatrix as she got more famous?

(see the answer key)

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