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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dennis learn about Sir Francis when trying to comply with Sir Ambrose's request?
(a) That Sir Francis wrote a couple small books.
(b) That Sir Francis has a third child who is illegitimate.
(c) That Sir Francis' father also committed suicide.
(d) That the pen is inscribed with a woman's name.

2. How is the cosmetician described?
(a) As gothic.
(b) As dark haired, pale, and greenish eyes.
(c) As vampirish.
(d) As the consummate blond.

3. Besides being fiction, how else is the story described in the paragraph that is set before Chapter 1?
(a) A look at the rotten core of life.
(b) A little nightmare.
(c) A cloudy view of reality.
(d) A slice of the good life.

4. What did Sir Francis once work as?
(a) The chief scriptwriter for a studio.
(b) A diplomat.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A cartoonist.

5. About what does Ambrose admonish Sir Francis?
(a) To stay in better communication.
(b) To not expect too much from a woman he is expecting to meet.
(c) To watch his investments in the film industry.
(d) To be careful about speaking of Americans badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what does Dennis have to pass in order to reach the reception area in the mortuary?

2. What is one natural scene described in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Ambrose Abercrombie?

4. What does Barlow go to pick up while he is at work?

5. Who is Barlow?

(see the answer key)

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