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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. Grantly says a local newspaper has taken up a case against how many bishops?
(a) Two dozen.
(b) One dozen.
(c) Half a dozen.
(d) Three dozen.

2. Whose home is called Plumstead Episcopi?
(a) Mary.
(b) Bold.
(c) Grantly.
(d) Harding.

3. What is the name of the old men's home where Harding works?
(a) Haversham's Hospital.
(b) Hopewell's Hospital.
(c) Hiram's Hospital.
(d) Harding's Hospital.

4. Who says, "My dear old friend, there is nothing: there is no news to cheer me--God's will be done."?
(a) Grantly.
(b) Harding.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bold.

5. Who is the saint of music that the narrator refers to in Chapter 5, "Dr. Grantly Visits the Hospital"?
(a) St.Ethelgitha.
(b) St. Cecilia.
(c) St. Helena.
(d) St. Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "You know how fond I am of sacred music"?

2. What purchase does Harding make that he begins to feel was lavish ?

3. When Eleanor sees Harding upset, who does she try to send him?

4. What is Mary's relation to Bold?

5. Who says, "That's woman's logic all over, Mary"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Grantly and the bishop tell Harding when he asks what should be done about the slander the Jupiter published against him?

2. How does Harding react when Eleanor describes Bold as her enemy?

3. How do Grantly and his lawyer prepare for the possibility that the beadsmen will take legal action against Harding?

4. How does Harding feel when Bold tells him he will probably take legal action against him?

5. What does Grantly say when he confronts the beadsmen about taking legal action?

6. How do Harding and Grantly feel about Bold's attempts to create reform?

7. What happens when Bold sees Eleanor after missing Harding's party?

8. What happens after Eleanor reproaches Bold for being at odds with her father?

9. How do Bold and the beadsmen feel when they read an article about Harding in the newspaper?

10. Why does the narrator say he has made up the town of Barchester?

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