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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator, in "Reginald's Rubaiyat," come to realize while they were in the bathroom?
(a) They needed to pay a debt.
(b) They needed to buy a gift.
(c) They wanted to be a poet.
(d) They wanted to get married.

2. What is wrong with Vanessa Pennington's husband?
(a) He was an abuser.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was too thin.
(d) He was ill.

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

4. How many miles do the children at Toad-Water have to walk to school?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. What type of hen has come between Jane and Dora?
(a) A Sussex.
(b) A Golden Comet.
(c) A Leghorn.
(d) A Barred Rock.

6. What is the Brogue known as?
(a) Beserker.
(b) The Beast.
(c) Broom-Hilda.
(d) Bronson.

7. What food passion does the Royal duchess have?
(a) Oysters.
(b) Anchovies.
(c) Steak tartar.
(d) Beef olives.

8. What is found in the strong box of the sunken vessel?
(a) Gold and silver coins.
(b) Papers naming people of question.
(c) A map to the sunken treasure.
(d) A locket with a picture of the Duchess.

9. According to "Cross Currents," whom does Alaric Clyde roam about like?
(a) A rabid dog.
(b) A god of Olympus.
(c) A horse freed from bondage.
(d) A god of Hellas.

10. What does Reginald threaten the narrator with, for being rude, in "Reginald on the Academy"?
(a) To leave and never come back.
(b) To buy them a tie for Christmas.
(c) To cause a scene at dinner.
(d) To dine with them the following night.

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

12. Who is bitten by a dog that is assumed to have rabies?
(a) Dobrinton.
(b) Jenson.
(c) Micheals.
(d) Esthernd.

13. What does Emily accuse all men of being?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Supremacists.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Fatalists.

14. What vessel is found during the search for sunken treasure?
(a) Scavanger.
(b) Titanic.
(c) Andria Dora.
(d) Sub-Rosa.

15. Who does Mrs. Packletide hit when she fires off her gun?
(a) The tiger.
(b) Her guide.
(c) The bait.
(d) A tribesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job has Vanessa acquired at the end of "Cross Currents"?

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

3. What kind of party is Reginald persuaded to go to?

4. Who does the Baroness state was "one of those strapping florid girls"?

5. What kind of flower does Reginald place in the button-hole of his lounge coat?

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