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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) Discretion.
(b) Integrity.
(c) Availability.
(d) Obedience.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With what does Esther Tull grease the lock on the safe in Strythe’s workroom?

4. How many vials does Esther Tull steal from the safe in Strythe’s workroom?

5. With which of the following does Requiem Æternam end?

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