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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recommended that Bold buy a magazine by Sentiment?
(a) Harding.
(b) Grantly.
(c) Finney.
(d) Tom.

2. In what country has Anticant spent most of his earlier days?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

3. How do the lawyers and clergymen feel about Harding since he retired?
(a) He is a coward.
(b) He is noble.
(c) He is generous.
(d) He is uneducated.

4. Who tells Bold that Eleanor has come to see him?
(a) Harding.
(b) Grantly.
(c) Finney.
(d) Mary.

5. Who does Grantly throw out of his home at the end of "Mr. Bold's Visit to Plumstead"?
(a) Bold.
(b) Susan.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Harding.

6. How much is Harding's little cottage worth a year?
(a) 60 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 120 pounds.
(d) 80 pounds.

7. Who lays in bed at the beginning of Chapter 11, "Iphigenia"?
(a) Harding.
(b) Grantly.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Mary.

8. How soon after his meeting with Sir Abraham does Harding go back home?
(a) The next morning.
(b) Two days later.
(c) The next afternoon.
(d) That same night.

9. How do the townspeople feel about Harding when he resigns from the old men's home?
(a) They feel betrayed.
(b) They admire him.
(c) They are relieved.
(d) They think he is crazy.

10. How does the narrator describe Harding's usual mood?
(a) Angry.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Bitter.
(d) Quiet.

11. Who dies at the end of Chapter 20, "Farewell"?
(a) Bunce.
(b) Finney.
(c) Skulpit.
(d) Bell.

12. The narrator says Eleanor will receive sympathy from girls younger than what age?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

13. Who says, "That's philosophical; it's quite refreshing to hear a man talking of his hundreds in so purely indifferent a manner"?
(a) Tom.
(b) Bold.
(c) Harding.
(d) Grantly.

14. Why does the narrator, when addressing his female readers, say they do not understand Eleanor?
(a) Because she is uneducated.
(b) Because she is younger than them.
(c) Because she is not pretty.
(d) Because they are already married.

15. Who offers Harding several jobs to keep him nearby?
(a) Bold.
(b) Chadwick.
(c) The bishop.
(d) Grantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harding owe money to when he plans to sell personal belongings?

2. The same person who owns Crabtree Canonicorum also owns a hospitable villa on what lake?

3. What does Harding say is nice about his little cottage?

4. What is Tom's role at a powerful newspaper?

5. A second newspaper article published about Harding what the last of how many leaders in the paper?

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