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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Tennyson when he fled home and went to Cambridge?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

2. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 9, when is Professor Fosca's next lecture?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) 45 minutes.

3. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 14, what island does Fred say he went to last year?
(a) Corfu.
(b) Naxos.
(c) Thassos.
(d) Rhodes.

4. When Mariana sees Zoe in a window of Eros Court, on what floor is Zoe?
(a) 4th.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 1st.
(d) 3rd.

5. How long was Clarissa married to Professor Timothy MIller?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 35 years.

6. How old was the journal writer's mother when he was born?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

7. What type of tragedy is Zoe studying during the term in Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Heroic.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Elizabethan.
(d) Greek.

8. What type of wine does Mariana remember that Clarissa would serve when she was tutoring her?
(a) Beaujolais.
(b) Chardonnay.
(c) Sauvignon Blanc.
(d) Bordeaux.

9. What is the name of Tara's bedder?
(a) Matilda.
(b) Amy.
(c) Elsie.
(d) Grace.

10. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11, what word does Mariana use to describe Fosca after his lecture?
(a) Dazzling.
(b) Scintillating.
(c) Luminous.
(d) Radiant.

11. Where did Professor Fosca do his doctorate?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yale.
(d) Stanford.

12. How old is Professor Fosca?
(a) Early 50s.
(b) Late 40s.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) Early 40s.

13. In Chapter 1, where does Mariana live?
(a) London.
(b) Surrey.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

14. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what type of ice cream does Zoe have?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Chocolate.

15. In Part 2, Chapter 17, what time does Mariana meet Fosca?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the quote on the postcard Mariana finds in Tara's room, to whom must a maiden of noble birth be sacrificed?

2. How old was Mariana when she met Sebastian?

3. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 3, where does Mariana agree to meet Fred?

4. What was drunk during the rites at Eleusis?

5. What word does Zoe use to describe Elsie, Tara's bedder, in Part 2, Chapter 8?

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