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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What age was Mariana when she began wearing contact lenses?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

3. In Chapter 10, what color geraniums enliven the redbrick college walls?
(a) Pink and white.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Lilac and pink.
(d) Purple and white.

4. What did Henry study at the university before he had a breakdown?
(a) Biology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Physics.
(d) Astrophysics.

5. In Chapter 15, how many marble columns are in the colonnade that supports the library?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

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

8. In Chapter 11, how long has it been since Sebastian died?
(a) Nearly 14 months.
(b) 16 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) About 10 months.

9. How many marble columns were in the Telesterion?
(a) 38.
(b) 50.
(c) 42.
(d) 46.

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

11. In Chapter 17, what color cassocks do the choirboys wear?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Navy.

12. Where was Tara from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Northern Ireland.

13. How old is Professor Clarissa MIller?
(a) Early 70s.
(b) 69.
(c) 68.
(d) Late 70s.

14. In the quote on the postcard Mariana finds in Tara's room, to whom must a maiden of noble birth be sacrificed?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Thalia.
(d) Calliope.

15. Which college does Zoe attend at Cambridge?
(a) King's.
(b) Queens'.
(c) St. Christopher's.
(d) Pembroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how old is Mariana?

2. Where has Henry cut himself in Chapter 4?

3. What color envelope does Fosca use when he leaves a note for Mariana at the end of Part 2, Chapter 15?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 14, when was The Eagle founded?

5. What type of flowers grow along the path Mariana walks in Part 2, Chapter 3?

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