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

2. Of which of the following does Esther Tull note Carew smells?
(a) Snuff.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Hashish.

3. Which philosopher is quoted in the novel’s epigraph?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Aquinas.
(c) Adeodatus.
(d) Augustine.

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

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 seemed impossible, even as it faded, to imagine that it was anything other than eternal.”
(c) “It rushed to gather her up, at last, to take her and carry her weightlessly from the earth.”
(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. With what does Esther clean her stitches?

2. Which embroiderer is quoted in the novel’s epigraph?

3. Which playwright is quoted in the novel’s epigraph?

4. In what month does Requiem Æternam take place?

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

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