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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 is the farm Beatrix purchased described?
(a) Unpretentious.
(b) State-of-the-art.
(c) Run-down.
(d) Prosperous.
2. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's best work after her 'golden decade'?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her integration into the village.
(c) Her work at Troutbeck.
(d) Her National Trust work.
3. How old was Beatrix's father when he died?
(a) Eighty-one.
(b) Eighty-eight.
(c) Sixty-three.
(d) Seventy-five.
4. What does Beatrix express her sense of through her characters?
(a) Archetypal characteristics.
(b) Human foibles.
(c) The workings of children's imaginations.
(d) Entire species.
5. What is a common theme in Beatrix's work?
(a) Prince and pauper.
(b) Misbehaving children.
(c) Hunter and prey.
(d) Revenge.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which area of England did Beatrix fight to protect?
2. What does Lane say amuses adults about Beatrix's works?
3. To whom did Beatrix leave some of her copyrights?
4. Where did Beatrix find her mother a new home after the War?
5. What changed about Beatrix when she went for a visit to America?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Beatrix publish "The Fairy Caravan"? Why didn't she release it in Britain?
2. What softened Beatrix's reticence for interacting with the public?
3. What does Lane suggest allowed Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?
4. How did Beatrix's parents react to her engagement to Mr. Heelis? How did her brother defend her?
5. What happened in Beatrix's life just before World War I ended?
6. What inspired Beatrix's story, "Roly-Poly Pudding"?
7. What event does Lane consider as marking the end of Beatrix's creative period?
8. How was the artwork in Beatrix's books different from other children's books?
9. How was Beatrix's time at Hill Top Farm reflected in the books she published?
10. How did Beatrix prepare for her operation in 1939?
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