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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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. During Professor Fosca's lecture in Part 2, Chapter 10, what part of Greek tragedy does he discuss?
(a) Parados.
(b) Liminal.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Epeisodia.

3. How many weeks did Mariana convince Sebastian to take off so they could go to Greece and visit Mariana's family's summer home?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. How old does Fred say that he is in Part 2, Chapter 14?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) Nearly 29.
(d) Not quite 30.

5. How old is Chief Inspector Sangha?
(a) Early 50s.
(b) Late 40s.
(c) 56.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conrad call Tara's mates?

2. In Chapter 17, what color cassocks do the choirboys wear?

3. What was drunk during the rites at Eleusis?

4. From what play does Clarissa believe the quote is from on the postcard Mariana finds in Tara's room?

5. When was the college chapel constructed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mariana realize she is going to need to deal with Henry when she returns home?

2. What does Fred tell Mariana about Fosca in Part 2, Chapter 18?

3. Who does Mariana meet on the train in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Zoe call Mariana in Chapter 4?

5. Why is Professor Fosca not considered a suspect by Chief Inspector Sadhu Sangha?

6. What do Veronica and Serena say about being with Professor Fosca the night that Tara was murdered?

7. What does the journal writer remember that he and his mother would do when it was slaughtering time at the farm?

8. How is Mariana able to speak with Conrad Ellis?

9. What is the room like where Mariana stays at the college?

10. Where did Mariana grow up?

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