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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane do when she sees the man from her dreams getting into a car belonging to the N.I.C.E.?
(a) Runs to meet him.
(b) Goes to St. Anne's.
(c) Calls Dr. Dimble.
(d) Follows the car he gets in as far as she can.

2. What is Bracton College being forced to do after they have already sold off Bragdon Wood?
(a) Sell out to the N.I.C.E.
(b) Redirect the Wynd River.
(c) Hold a funeral proceeding for Mr. Hingest.
(d) Give over half of their staff to aid the progression of the N.I.C.E.

3. What does Mark not want as his primary job if he takes a position with the N.I.C.E.?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Writing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Research.

4. What is Cosser's duty in the countryside?
(a) He is planting important crops.
(b) He is diverting a river.
(c) He is surveying the landscape.
(d) He is evacuating people who have made homes there.

5. What specific change takes place in Jane while Mark is away at Belbury?
(a) She feels regret at not being more friendly.
(b) She misses her husband for the first time.
(c) She longs to be around good people and away from bad.
(d) She becomes more independant and sellf-sufficient.

6. What does Jane say that gets her admitted into St. Anne's?
(a) She pledges a pact of secrecy.
(b) She said she was sent by Dr. Dimble.
(c) She says she is desperate for help.
(d) She offers money.

7. Why is Jane not frightened of the dream she has of the dead man in the dark?
(a) She has gotten used to the dreams.
(b) She knows the man.
(c) She is aware that she is dreaming.
(d) He was already dead and could not harm her.

8. How does Cosser differ from Mark in his opinion of the countryside?
(a) Mark finds no beauty in the country.
(b) Cosser finds no beauty in the country.
(c) Mark is afraid of the power of nature.
(d) Cosser is afraid of the power of nature.

9. What is the name of the murdered man who Feverstone says was the only man who could help with the interplanetary problems?
(a) Ransom.
(b) Feverstone.
(c) Progressive Element.
(d) Weston.

10. What is so different about Jane wanting so desperately to join St. Anne's from the beginning of the book?
(a) She has never done anything without her husband's consent.
(b) She does not usually like to travel much.
(c) She is not usually a religious person.
(d) She has never wanted to be part of the group before.

11. How does Mark see Lord Feverstone when they pass a mirror?
(a) He looks small, cold, and evil.
(b) He looks like the master of his clothing.
(c) He has someone following in his shadow.
(d) He has cotton stuck to his face where he nicked himself shaving.

12. What does Lord Feverstone tell Mark that he will lose if he turns down the position at the N.I.C.E.?
(a) His fellowship at the college.
(b) His marriage.
(c) His comfortable salary.
(d) His respect in the scientific community.

13. What does the Fairy say she has chosen to do with the prisoner Alcasan?
(a) Rehabilitate him.
(b) Release him.
(c) Behead him.
(d) Torture him for information.

14. Why do the Dimbles have to move?
(a) They are being persecuted by the N.I.C.E.
(b) They have been forced out of the college society.
(c) They live in Bragdon Wood.
(d) Mr. Dimble got a new job with the college and wants to be closer to it.

15. Where does Jane rest after being abandoned in the middle of the angry mob?
(a) A doorstep.
(b) A broken suitcase.
(c) A train track.
(d) A bus stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fellows at Bracton College think they hear outside during their meeting the night after they sold Bragdon Wood?

2. Who controls most of the newspapers?

3. How does Mr. Wither get Mark to stay with the N.I.C.E.?

4. Who does Professor Filostrato warn Mark to not make an enemy of?

5. Who is at Jane's bedside when she wakes up after her night at the riot?

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