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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. What question does Lord Feverstone raise during the dinner party?
(a) How can he get into the inner circle of the N.I.C.E.?
(b) Who are the N.I.C.E. and what do they plan to do?
(c) How much more money will he make now that the sale has been made?
(d) How many jobs will really be created by this sale?

2. Why does Mr. Macphee not have any opinions?
(a) He was once a bear, and bears have no opinions.
(b) He hides his true feelings.
(c) He feels that opinions are evil.
(d) He sees only facts.

3. What does Feverstone reveal as the main mission of the N.I.C.E.?
(a) To overthrow the government and replace it with new and fresh ideas.
(b) To remake the human race.
(c) To tear down the college.
(d) To make a safe haven for an upcoming war.

4. What does N.I.C.E. stand for?
(a) Neutral Institute of Coincidental Experiments.
(b) National Insurance Company for Ethics.
(c) National Institute of Co-ordinated Experiments.
(d) Natural Instincts Considered Essential.

5. What do the fellows at Bracton College think they hear outside during their meeting the night after they sold Bragdon Wood?
(a) A lion roaring.
(b) Machine gun fire.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A great storm raging.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have the Studdocks been married?

2. Why is Jane not frightened of the dream she has of the dead man in the dark?

3. What does Mark have to wear when meeting with the Head?

4. What does Mark not want as his primary job if he takes a position with the N.I.C.E.?

5. Where does Jane rest after being abandoned in the middle of the angry mob?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Reverend Straik's warning to Mark about joining the N.I.C.E.?

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

4. What does Mr. Wither do to get Mark to take the position at the N.I.C.E. after he turned it down?

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

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

7. Why are the Denistons so eager to have Jane be a new member of their group at St. Anne's?

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

9. When Jane meets Lord Feverstone for the first time, how does she feel?

10. What strikes Jane as so fascinating when she first meets Mr. Ransom?

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