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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. In Paradisum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following is Octavia compared?
(a) A lily in the valley.
(b) An orchard in a bog.
(c) A violet in a swamp.
(d) A rose amid thorns.

2. With which of the following does Chapter XVIII begin?
(a) “By morning the train had carried them as far as Deal.”
(b) “When Georgie knocked to announce a visitor, Octavia assumed at first that she had simply misheard.”
(c) “The house was not large, for a family of such means, but its isolation gave a stark grandeur to its appearance.”
(d) “Gideon was woken by a quietness in the weather.”

3. Over which of the following instruments does Gideon trip at the house on Vesper Sands?
(a) Piano.
(b) Virginal.
(c) Harpsichord.
(d) Hurdy-gurdy.

4. On which street had Angela lived?
(a) Robin.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Finch.
(d) Wren.

5. What is noted as “the first duty of a person employed in [Strythe’s] household” (12)?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Discretion.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Availability.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter VIII begin?

2. Where are the solicitors who handle Neuilly’s affairs located?

3. Who had been Angela’s landlady?

4. What ship is visible from the house on Vesper Sands?

5. To which of the following does Gideon direct the sergeant he impersonates?

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