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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lane say is a fine art for which Beatrix had a talent?
(a) Entertaining children and adults alike.
(b) Expressing truth through fantasy.
(c) Dealing with publishers.
(d) Keeping her admiring public at a distance.

3. How is Beatrix described at the age of forty?
(a) As plump.
(b) As persistent.
(c) As proud.
(d) As priggish.

4. What happened after the decade of Beatrix's best writing?
(a) Her fame began to scare her.
(b) She suffered a writing block.
(c) Her understanding of herself changed.
(d) She became disillusioned by the publishing industry.

5. What breed of sheep did Beatrix keep at Troutbeck Park?
(a) Southdown sheep.
(b) Drysdale sheep.
(c) Hardwick sheep.
(d) Nolana sheep.

6. What does Lane note Beatrix's stories usually lack?
(a) An antagonist.
(b) A climax.
(c) A happy conclusion.
(d) A moral.

7. Who visited Beatrix in 1927?
(a) An angry publisher.
(b) A fan.
(c) A friend from school.
(d) Her cousin.

8. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's best work after her 'golden decade'?
(a) Her National Trust work.
(b) Her integration into the village.
(c) Her work at Troutbeck.
(d) Her marriage.

9. What did Beatrix focus her life on after marrying?
(a) Raising a family.
(b) Writing.
(c) Charity work.
(d) Farming.

10. What enabled Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?
(a) Basing them on people she knew.
(b) Providing illustrations of them.
(c) Dressing them in clothes.
(d) Their real-life counterparts which she cared for.

11. Who took care of Beatrix's property during World War I?
(a) A hired worker.
(b) Bertram.
(c) Beatrix.
(d) Beatrix's father.

12. What was the name of the village local to Beatrix's farm?
(a) Shepton.
(b) Sidleby.
(c) Swan Hollow.
(d) Sawrey.

13. How did Beatrix find children's literature was treated in America?
(a) With confusion.
(b) As a novelty.
(c) As an increasingly important genre.
(d) Seriously.

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

15. Which of Beatrix's American-published books was a failure?
(a) "Sister Anne."
(b) "The Tale of Little Pig Robinson."
(c) "The Fairy Caravan."
(d) "Wag-by Wall."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a common theme in Beatrix's work?

3. What does Lane say amuses adults about Beatrix's works?

4. In what year did Beatrix die?

5. How many books did Beatrix publish after her marriage?

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