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

2. In Chapter 2, what color is the house that Mariana lives in?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

3. How old was Mariana when she moved to England?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

4. What cult does Fosca mention in his lecture in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Pelops.
(c) Oikist.
(d) Eleusis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Zoe first met Sebastian when Marian was a student, how did Sebastian conquer Zoe's shyness?

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

3. When was the word "psychopath" (98) coined by a German psychiatrist?

4. How much older is Mariana's sister Elisa than she?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does the journal writer say he saw when walking in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mariana meet by the river in Part 2, Chapter 3, and why and when do they arrange to meet?

2. What does Mariana learn about the postcard she found in Tara's room from Clarissa?

3. How did Mariana meet Sebastian?

4. What is St. Christopher's like?

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

6. How does Mariana describe Professor Fosca as a speaker when she and Zoe attend one of his lectures?

7. What does Mariana remember about the days and nights after Sebastian died?

8. Where did Mariana grow up?

9. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what does Mariana remember about the first time Zoe met Sebastian?

10. Who is Clarissa Miller, and how have she and Mariana kept in touch?

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