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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and I. Requiem Æternam.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the maker of Strythe’s vials live?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Antwerp.
(c) Ghent.
(d) Venice.

2. In what district does Esther Tull learn her thieves’ craft?
(a) Shadwell.
(b) Finsbury.
(c) Whitechaper.
(d) Spitalfields.

3. At what time does Esther Tull arrive at the Strythe house?
(a) 9:00.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 9:30.
(d) 8:30.

4. Which playwright is quoted in the novel’s epigraph?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Aeschylus.

5. With which of the following does Requiem Æternam begin?
(a) “In Half Moon Street, just as she came near to the house, Esther Tull felt the first gentleness of the snow.”
(b) “It rushed to gather her up, at last, to take her and carry her weightlessly from the earth.”
(c) “It seemed impossible, even as it faded, to imagine that it was anything other than eternal.”
(d) “At New Scotland Yard, since she could fix upon no suitable place to conceal it, Octavia conducted her bicycle directly into the public office.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following does Esther Tull note Carew smells?

2. Of which of the following does Esther Tull note Carew smells?

3. In which borough does Carew note a man had been eaten by his own cats?

4. Which newspaper does Carew read?

5. With what does Esther clean her stitches?

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