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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Esme," what does Clovis state were all the same?
(a) Disaster stories.
(b) Vacation stories.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Hunting stories.

2. Who lives at Toad-Water?
(a) The Krafts.
(b) The Manters.
(c) The Cricks.
(d) The Blands.

3. When, according to Reginald in "Reginald on the Academy", does one go to Heaven prematurely?
(a) When the book has not been signed.
(b) When the Sargent has not painted you yet.
(c) When one fails to escape.
(d) When one has not yet become a man.

4. What job has Vanessa acquired at the end of "Cross Currents"?
(a) A kitchen staff position at the West End Club.
(b) A brothel mistress.
(c) A maid at the Carlton.
(d) A barmaid at a Russian pub.

5. What does Mrs. Eggelby promise Clovis at the end of "Clovis on Parental Responsibilities"?
(a) That she would find Clovis a wife.
(b) That she would insure that her son would come over.
(c) That Clovis would be destroyed.
(d) That he would never meet her son.

6. What does Reginald state is "an absurdly overrated affair"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Death.
(c) Education.
(d) Life.

7. What is the name of the Mullets' daughter that Mr. Penricarde admires?
(a) Beth.
(b) Mathilda.
(c) Jessie.
(d) Mary.

8. What does Reginald claim that ducks did not have?
(a) Repose.
(b) Real life.
(c) Worries.
(d) Feathers.

9. What does the condemned man come across on a dark and lonely highway?
(a) An abandoned dog.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A felled tree.

10. What kind of wine does Reginald bring for the Duchess to drink when they are at the Carlton?
(a) Claret.
(b) Chablis.
(c) Merlot.
(d) Port.

11. What is Theophil Eshley's profession "by force of environment"?
(a) A photographer.
(b) An sculptor.
(c) A writer.
(d) A cattle painter.

12. What ailment does Miss Gilpet state is fictitious?
(a) Depression.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Rheumatism.

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

14. According to "The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water," what attribute do both hen-folk and women-kind both fail possess?
(a) Calmness during misfortune.
(b) Self-control during chaos.
(c) Power during war.
(d) Solitude during ceremony.

15. What does Mrs. Packletide do with the dead tiger?
(a) Made a fur coat out of the hide.
(b) Made a rug to keep in her home.
(c) Mounted the head to keep in her home.
(d) Gave it to the villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Clovis if he was a matchmaker?

2. Who does Emily bribe in order to get her deckchair next to the Major?

3. What color does the Queen of Spain detest?

4. What does Emily accuse all men of being?

5. At the opening of "The Match-Maker," what time is it?

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