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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Square Egg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, according to "The Square Egg," are the best eggs raised?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Switzerland.

2. Which birds hover "in the hottest parts of the line"?
(a) Capuchins.
(b) Kestrels.
(c) Blue-black pheasants.
(d) Black skimmers.

3. What bird does the narrator see circling over the top of an oak-corpse?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Cliff flycatchers.
(d) Great egrets.

4. According to the Princess, what do Russians have too much of to allow them to be light-hearted?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Sins.
(d) Troubles.

5. What is Mr. Lammer's one ruling passion?
(a) Woman watching.
(b) Buzzard watching.
(c) Breeding horses.
(d) Egg-collecting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird builds their nests in the "battered remnants" of a poplar tree?

2. What is the name of the Mullets' daughter that Mr. Penricarde admires?

3. At the end of "The Square Egg," what did the narrator state he is going to do?

4. Who does the condemned man fall in love with?

5. How much money does the egg-seller need?

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