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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Reginald accused of reading which leads to his lack of sense of moral proportion?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Hemingway.

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

3. What age was the Baroness at the time of "Esme"?
(a) 23.
(b) 27.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

4. According to Reginald, in "Reginald on House-Parties", who does one never really know?
(a) The meaning of the party.
(b) The hosts.
(c) The fox-terrier.
(d) The other guests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Theophil Eshley's profession "by force of environment"?

2. What instruments announces Mrs. Packletide's successful kill?

3. What food passion does the Royal duchess have?

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

5. Who asks Clovis if he was a matchmaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reginald state as the estimable qualities of Jews?

2. Why did Reginald refuse to learn Russian geography at school?

3. According to the Duchess in "Reginald at the Theater," what are the things "you can't get away from"?

4. Why does Clovis believe that oysters are "more beautiful than any religion"?

5. According to "Reginald on Christmas Presents," why are aunts a "difficult class to deal with"?

6. What is the "only consolation" that the condemned man asks for?

7. What does the condemned man state is the reality of his punishment?

8. What does Esme do to the gypsy child?

9. Name at least two things that the narrator finds offensive that Reginald does at the McKillops' garden party.

10. What problem does Vanessa Pennington have in "Cross Currents"?

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