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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?
(a) The stripes of green-black weed.
(b) Her fur coat.
(c) The interplay of light on seaweed and water.
(d) The effect of the strong current as it carries her away.

2. What is Nelly preparing for supper?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Beef with burgundy.
(c) Beef Wellington.
(d) Boiled beef.

3. What is a sarcophagus?
(a) A person who eats flesh.
(b) A sarcastic Greek.
(c) A stone coffin.
(d) A kind of bone cancer.

4. Which character does Julia describe as strange?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Richard.
(c) Louis.
(d) Mary.

5. What literary device is represented by 'sinister beauty'?
(a) Personification.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Dactyl.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has made Richard feel wonderful?

2. Who is described as being foreign-looking, with a Roman nose?

3. How many times has Laura tried to get the cake right?

4. In what way does Oliver intend this film to be different?

5. What is the overall impression of the building Richard lives in?

(see the answer key)

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