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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inspired the locals to think of Beatrix as an eccentric?
(a) The people who visited her.
(b) Her indifference to how she dressed.
(c) Her farming methods.
(d) The way she talked to animals.

2. Lane describes the seam running underneath the main narrative of Beatrix's work as__________.
(a) Educational.
(b) Toughness.
(c) Comical.
(d) Brilliant.

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

4. What changed about Beatrix when she went for a visit to America?
(a) Her desire for writing.
(b) Her attitude towards Americans.
(c) Her thoughts on travelling by boat.
(d) Her apprehensions about meeting the public.

5. What is characteristic of many of the locations in Beatrix's books?
(a) They are free of humans.
(b) They are imaginary.
(c) They are named after her friends.
(d) They are real.

6. What did Beatrix's brother confess when his parents objected to Beatrix's second engagement?
(a) He would never marry.
(b) He had married a farm girl.
(c) He arranged Beatrix's engagement.
(d) He was divorced.

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

8. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Slapstick.
(c) Parody.
(d) Satirical.

9. Over a span of how many years did Beatrix's best writing take place?
(a) Twenty-one years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Seventeen years.
(d) Ten years.

10. How did Beatrix describe the interactions of her Troutbeck sheep?
(a) As merciless.
(b) As a drama.
(c) As spellbinding.
(d) As riveting.

11. What happened on Beatrix's farm just before World War I ended?
(a) The farm house burned down.
(b) Her pigs got sick and died.
(c) Beatrix had a larger barn built.
(d) The harvest was ruined.

12. What does Lane say amuses adults about Beatrix's works?
(a) The stories.
(b) The illustrations.
(c) The simplicity.
(d) The subtleties.

13. How did the books Beatrix published after her marriage compare to her others?
(a) They were of lower quality.
(b) They were of equal quality.
(c) They were of superior quality.
(d) They were incomparable.

14. According to the author, Beatrix's art was founded in __________.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Science.
(c) Passion.
(d) Love.

15. What was Beatrix keen to adopt after marrying?
(a) An optimistic attitude.
(b) A baby boy.
(c) A new lease on life.
(d) Her new name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?

2. What happened after the decade of Beatrix's best writing?

3. What breed of sheep did Beatrix keep at Troutbeck Park?

4. Which area of England did Beatrix fight to protect?

5. What 'vulgarity' does Lane note Beatrix's works lacked?

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