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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 the Duke reminded of in "From His Grace's Journal to Mrs. Pledger's Account?"
(a) Trust is important to all realtionships.
(b) People can disappoint you.
(c) He inhabits with world with other people.
(d) People can suprise you.

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

3. How does the Duke learn to relieve his loneliness in "From His Grace's Journal to Mrs. Pledger's Account?"
(a) Just being in the presence of others.
(b) Listening to his staff.
(c) Making friends.
(d) Going outside.

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

5. What are the old stables on the property used for?
(a) The horses.
(b) Maids quarters.
(c) Storage.
(d) Parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Duke travel to Edinburgh?

2. How does Conner react to the story of the phantom boy?

3. How does the Duke feel in his reoccurring dream?

4. Who does the Duke visit at the university in Edinburgh?

5. What does the Duke create with the family things he finds in the attic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the Duke find out about Snow's death until after the funeral?

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

3. What is significant about the Duke traveling between January 6-11th?

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

5. What does Conner say about the Duke's phantom boy?

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

7. What reduces the Duke's anxiety while he is in Camera Obscura?

8. What happens when the Duke visits Holbeck village?

9. What is the setting like in Camera Obscura?

10. What in "From His Grace's Journal to Mrs. Pledger's Account" serves to illustrate the Duke's madness?

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