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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children's books did Beatrice write in the eight years after she purchased her farm?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

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

4. Why did Beatrix hate change?
(a) She loved routine.
(b) She became confused easily.
(c) She disliked surprises or mysteries.
(d) She loved the good features of past times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Beatrix described at the age of forty?

2. What did Beatrix focus on producing in 1910?

3. How did Americans treat Beatrix?

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

5. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's best work after her 'golden decade'?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way was Beatrix's purchase of Hill Top Farm symbolic?

2. What became a problem for Beatrix due to her success and increasing fame?

3. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

4. What interested Beatrix at Troutbeck Park?

5. How was Beatrix's time at Hill Top Farm reflected in the books she published?

6. What softened Beatrix's reticence for interacting with the public?

7. Why did Beatrix publish "The Fairy Caravan"? Why didn't she release it in Britain?

8. What does Lane say about the settings of Beatrix's stories?

9. What does Lane say was the core of Beatrix's genius?

10. What event does Lane consider as marking the end of Beatrix's creative period?

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