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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Strickland employed as during the strike?
(a) A house painter.
(b) A bricklayer.
(c) A translator.
(d) A transcriber.

2. What does Dirk make for Strickland to eat?
(a) Meat sandwich.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Bread-and-milk.
(d) Bread pudding.

3. What kind of people does Strickland think are unintelligent?
(a) Children.
(b) The middleclass.
(c) Women.
(d) Commoners.

4. What does the author say the Stricklands owed?
(a) Jokes.
(b) Books.
(c) Money.
(d) Dinners.

5. Where is Mrs. Strickland taking her family on holiday?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Dorset.
(c) Somerset.
(d) Bristol.

6. Who does the author say paints jolly, fat merchants?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Rubens.
(c) Monet.
(d) Strickland.

7. What does the author say Dirk has a delicate feeling for?
(a) Women.
(b) Writing.
(c) Art.
(d) People.

8. Why does Mrs. Strickland invite the author to the dinner party?
(a) She needs him for own sanity.
(b) Another guest has failed to turn up.
(c) She needs a writer there.
(d) She wants him to meet her husband.

9. In what part of London does Mrs. Strickland own a flat?
(a) South Kensington.
(b) Wimbledon.
(c) Westminster.
(d) Wandsworth.

10. What is the name of the crime novelist Strickland enjoys reading?
(a) Gaboriau.
(b) Conan Doyle.
(c) Highsmith.
(d) Simone.

11. What city does Crabbe travel to in Chapter 11?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Munich.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

12. Which of the following does Crabbe give as an example of a great and successful painter?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Manet.
(c) Ingres.
(d) Monet.

13. What is Mrs. Strickland's first name?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Denise.
(c) Jane.
(d) Amy.

14. What does Mrs. Stroeve say she will do if Dirk brings Strickland to the house?
(a) Nurse him.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Leave.
(d) Let him die.

15. Where did the author meet Dirk?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author use to describe the Stricklands?

2. What artist does Dirk say never sold a painting?

3. Where does Strickland say he could find what he wants?

4. How does the author describe Charles Strickland's laugh in Chapter 6?

5. What philosopher does the author mention in this section?

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