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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 in particular upsets the Duke about his life?
(a) He hasn't created anything.
(b) He lives alone.
(c) He never married.
(d) He is always ill.

2. In his reoccurring dream, what is the Duke's father doing?
(a) Swiming.
(b) Driving.
(c) Arguing with the Duke's mother.
(d) Asking for directions.

3. Who dies on December 8th?
(a) Mr. Bird.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Snow.
(c) Conner.
(d) Mrs. Pledger.

4. What preoccupies the Duke on December 2, 5, and 7?
(a) His thoughts.
(b) The dying trees.
(c) The phantom boy.
(d) The tunnel project.

5. What does the professor say about the process of trepanning?
(a) It is only unsed on the insane.
(b) It is outdated.
(c) It is commonly used.
(d) It is only used on animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Duke learn to do by ice skating?

2. Where does the Duke go once in Edinburgh?

3. Based on the Mr. Hendley's account, what does the Duke have a desire to do?

4. What does the Duke learn could be looked at from different perspective in "From His Grace's Journal to Mrs. Pledger's Account?"

5. What does the Duke realize can happen even when surrounded by other people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Duke think his life has been wasted?

2. Why does the Duke allow people to skate on the ice but protests to going on the ice with them?

3. How does the process of trepanning work?

4. Why is the Duke's visit to Reverend Mellor significant?

5. What happens in Pin Hole Cave?

6. What is significant about the interactions between the Duke and Mr. Hendley?

7. How does the housemaid's account provide a glimpse into the Duke's personality as a child?

8. What happens when the Duke allows locals to use his property?

9. What is the setting like in Camera Obscura?

10. Why does just the presence of others reduce the loneliness the Duke feels?

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