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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Unbearable Bassingtons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird do the explosives cause to flee?
(a) Owls.
(b) Cardinals.
(c) Crows.
(d) Sterns.

2. Why does one go to the Academy?
(a) To get away from one's parents.
(b) To learn about science.
(c) In self-defense.
(d) To escape to solitude.

3. What word does "The Square Egg" define through the following :"a sort of compound between a wine-shop and a coffee-house?
(a) Casucha.
(b) Tienda.
(c) Estaminet.
(d) Vientre.

4. What instruments announces Mrs. Packletide's successful kill?
(a) Tom-toms.
(b) Didgeridoo.
(c) Horns.
(d) Djembe.

5. What present does Reginald not want at all for Christmas?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A tie.
(c) A Prayer-book.
(d) A waist-coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose job is it to insure that both Jane and Dora do not come face-to-face?

2. What does Clovis believe to be "more beautiful than any religion"?

3. What have none of Marion Eggelby's children been brought up to play?

4. Who does Francesca run into at a shop entrance near Piccadilly and Bond?

5. What "system" does Hell lack?

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