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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 wanted to get married.
(b) They needed to pay a debt.
(c) They wanted to be a poet.
(d) They needed to buy a gift.

2. Whose job is it to insure that both Jane and Dora do not come face-to-face?
(a) Clovis.
(b) Anne.
(c) Sturridge.
(d) Clovis' mother.

3. How many times does the orchestra play "The Chaplet"?
(a) 3.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

4. What does Reginald state is the reason that his aunt "adopted" him?
(a) He needed a leader.
(b) He was lost.
(c) He was a decorative sorrow.
(d) He was left by his parents.

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

6. Who does Marion Eggelby state that Clovis would like (one of her children)?
(a) Eric.
(b) Brian.
(c) Seth.
(d) David.

7. What "kind" of child does the Baroness come across during her ride?
(a) A gypsy child.
(b) An abandoned child.
(c) A wolf-child.
(d) A peasant's child.

8. Why is Reginald writing a poem on peace?
(a) He has a new pen.
(b) He got a new notebook.
(c) He thought it would make him respected.
(d) He thought only he had the answers to the lack of peace.

9. Where does Arlington Stringham tell his joke?
(a) At the Vatican.
(b) At church.
(c) The House of Commons.
(d) At Scotland Yard.

10. What happens to the rich Armenian who refused Mr. Lammer's request?
(a) He was thrown over the cliffs.
(b) He was run over by a carriage.
(c) He was beaten nearly to death.
(d) He was shot and left to die.

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

12. What does "the female relative in the country" believe is the best Christmas present?
(a) A tie.
(b) A basket of wheat.
(c) A book.
(d) A rooster.

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

14. What responsibility do the Saunderses have based upon "Fate"?
(a) Cultivating of crops.
(b) Keeping fowls.
(c) Cow slaughter.
(d) Milk production.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What invention does the Duchess believe to be the key to the recovery of the sunken treasure?

2. According to "Cross Currents," whom does Alaric Clyde roam about like?

3. What happens to the young buzzards at the end of "The Forbidden Buzzards"?

4. For how many years has the galleon laid in semi-retirement?

5. What does Emily accuse all men of being?

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