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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. Who does Emily bribe in order to get her deckchair next to the Major?
(a) A maid.
(b) A deckhand.
(c) The captain.
(d) The steward.

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

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

4. What kind of animal does the Baroness come across while on horseback?
(a) A boar.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A cougar.
(d) A lion.

5. For whom is Mrs. Packletide going to arrange a lunch for at her home on Curzon Street?
(a) Loona Bimberton.
(b) Virginia Tobermony.
(c) Soyna Apperton.
(d) Caroline Finsberry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Reginald regard with distrust in "Reginald at the Theater"?

3. When, according to Reginald in "Reginald on the Academy", does one go to Heaven prematurely?

4. Whose identity does the condemned man, in "The Lost Sanjak," assume?

5. Who asks Clovis if he was a matchmaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Major, in "The Baker's Dozen," believe that if he and Mrs. Carewe would marry it would be unlucky?

2. What begins the feud in "The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water"?

3. Why is Mrs. Mullet unhappy that Mr Penricarde had purchased the Brogue?

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

5. Why is Mrs. Olston so protective of the buzzards and their eggs?

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

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

8. According to the Baroness, in "Esme," what does poverty do?

9. What does Reinald say one comes to know at a host's home?

10. Why is Reginald trying to "forgive the furniture"?

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