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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drives Charles to London in order to take him away from his situation with Hartley?
(a) Gilbert
(b) Rosina
(c) Fitch
(d) Lizzie

2. Who does Charles come upon when he returns to his house after being in town to get celebratory items?
(a) Rosina
(b) Lizzie
(c) Hartley
(d) Clement

3. Fitch tells Hartley that he is going to force her to__________ and to take care of him.
(a) Have sex.
(b) Stay in the marriage.
(c) Stay away from Charles.
(d) Get a divorce.

4. Who does James express particular interest in hearing more about as Charles speaks?
(a) Fitch
(b) Peregrine
(c) Hartley
(d) Titus

5. Rosina points out that Lizzie would dedicate the rest of her life to ______________ Charles.
(a) Enjoying
(b) Spoiling the life of
(c) Lying to
(d) Loving

6. Who appears in the middle of the argument between Charles and Gilbert at Charles's home?
(a) Lizzie
(b) Hartley
(c) Rosina
(d) Clement

7. Where does Charles find all of the mail that has been delivered to him in the previous weeks?
(a) In town.
(b) At Hartley's house.
(c) His bathroom.
(d) An unknown mailbox.

8. Rosina insists that Charles tell her that he believes her _____________ as she is leaving.
(a) Threats
(b) Lies
(c) Promises
(d) Lines

9. Who arrives to talk with Charles and to ask him to leave Lizzie alone?
(a) Peregrine
(b) Fitch
(c) Gilbert
(d) Titus

10. What does Charles recall as being the focal point of his scary experience that he does not wish to acknowledge at first?
(a) His missing son
(b) Bear
(c) Ex-husband of a lover
(d) Sea serpent

11. Who was the older actress with whom Charles became involved when he was a younger actor?
(a) Clement
(b) Lizzie
(c) Hartley
(d) Rosina

12. From what play does Charles take the line, "I shall abjure magic and become a hermit, put myself in a situation...to learn to be good."
(a) Richard III
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) The Tempest
(d) Othello

13. Charles insists that there is no ______________ with Lizzie when he is talking to Rosina.
(a) Argument
(b) Conflict
(c) Arrangement
(d) Love

14. Where does Charles write his story in relative security and peace in this chapter?
(a) Dublin
(b) Manchester
(c) London
(d) Croydon

15. Charles does find photographs of his Uncle ___________ and Aunt Estelle.
(a) Peregrine
(b) James
(c) John
(d) Abel

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hartley's husband have a limp, according to the writing of Charles in this story?

2. What does Hartley mention that Fitch still has from his army days, though she mentions this in passing?

3. _____________ was the passionate and the very talented former over from Charles's past.

4. Who is the old women that Charles eventually recognizes to be a long lost lover?

5. ______________ is the gay comic actor that Charles mentions within his writing of the book.

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