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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. Why has Jane not had children yet?
(a) She fears that she will be a bad mother.
(b) She hates her husband.
(c) She wants to have a more stable situation first.
(d) She likes to avoid entaglements.

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

3. Which of these is NOT a suggested plan of the N.I.C.E. to get rid of the problem of mankind?
(a) Steroid injections.
(b) Sterilization of the unfit.
(c) Selective breeding.
(d) Genocide.

4. What is Mark's first impression of Miss Hardcastle?
(a) She is incredibly attractive.
(b) She is cold and austere.
(c) She is warm and welcoming.
(d) She is fearsome and powerful.

5. How does Jane feel when she decides to go see Mrs. Ironwood after speaking with the Dimbles about her disturbing dreams?
(a) She feels like a fool.
(b) She feels comforted.
(c) She feels angry.
(d) She feels scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is so different about Jane wanting so desperately to join St. Anne's from the beginning of the book?

2. What does Mark admire about Jane the morning after she was so frightened and he ignored her to get some sleep after his dinner party?

3. What does Reverend Straik tell Mark that he cannot do once he joins the N.I.C.E.?

4. What is in the center of Bragdon Wood?

5. Who spends the night with Jane after her trip to St. Anne's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bracton College interested in selling Bragdon Wood to the N.I.C.E.?

2. Why is Mr. Steele so hostile towards Mark when they are first introduced to each other at Belbury?

3. After hearing about her dreams, what does Mr. Dimble tell Jane to do if she feels the urge to tell anyone else about her dreams?

4. Why are the N.I.C.E. causing all the riots that Mark is writing about when they end up having to stop them?

5. What does the Fairy tell Mark repeatedly to not bother Mr. Wither about?

6. How does Jane gain admittance into St. Anne's the first time she goes there?

7. Why does Miss Ironwood refuse to help Jane get rid of her dreams?

8. What was the fate of the only man to ever try and leave the N.I.C.E. and who was that man?

9. Why is Lord Feverston appointed the new emergency governor?

10. What advice does Mr. Ransom give Jane to help her fix her poor marriage situation?

(see the answer keys)

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