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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sir Abraham think Harding is visiting him?
(a) Because the lawsuit has been dropped.
(b) Because of the newspaper article.
(c) To ask for money.
(d) To ask him to marry Bold and Eleanor.

2. Who accompanied Grantly to London to find Harding?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Chadwick.
(c) Susan.
(d) Samuel.

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

4. 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) Harding.
(c) Grantly.
(d) Bold.

5. What does Harding plan to sell to pay his consultation fees?
(a) His horses.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) His books.

6. The narrator says Eleanor will receive sympathy from women older than what age?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

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

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

9. Who does Harding owe money to when he plans to sell personal belongings?
(a) Sir Abraham.
(b) Grantly.
(c) Bold.
(d) The bishop.

10. What is the last name of Tom, who works at a powerful newspaper?
(a) Parker.
(b) Timbers.
(c) Towers.
(d) Powers.

11. Harding says a second newspaper article that speaks badly of him will be read all the clergymen in what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Manchester.

12. Who does Harding want to see immediately when he arrives in London?
(a) Sir Abraham.
(b) Bold.
(c) Tom.
(d) Grantly.

13. What Greek mythological character does Eleanor want to be like?
(a) Hara.
(b) Athena.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Clytemnestra.

14. What is Sentiment's first name?
(a) Faddish.
(b) Vogue.
(c) Popular.
(d) Trendy.

15. Where do Harding and Eleanor move while waiting for their cottage to clear out?
(a) A boarding house.
(b) In with the bishop.
(c) In with Grantly.
(d) A church basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says unmarried woman of what age would oppose Eleanor and not give her sympathy?

2. What does the narrator say will probably happen to Eleanor if she goes to visit Bold?

3. Who says, "Mr. Bold can't dispute the truth of every word in that article you have just read--nor can I."

4. Who offers Harding several jobs to keep him nearby?

5. Who owns Crabtree Canonicorum?

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