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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 Anticant's first name?
(a) Pessimist.
(b) Craven.
(c) Cynic.
(d) Alarmist.

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

3. What does the narrator say will probably happen to Eleanor if she goes to visit Bold?
(a) His wife will attack her.
(b) She will get kissed.
(c) She will get lost.
(d) He will yell at her.

4. Who says, "I am sure he loves you better than anything in the world."
(a) Mary.
(b) Bold.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Grantly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says Sir Abraham has a stoop where?

3. About how old is Sir Abraham?

4. Where does Harding spend of his second day in London?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom seem to feel about his position at the newspaper?

2. How does Harding feel by the time he is about to meet Sir Abraham?

3. How does a magazine called "The Almshouse" portray Harding?

4. How does Harding respond when Sir Abraham asks him why is concerned for his reputation?

5. How does Bold react when he comes home and finds Eleanor there crying?

6. Why does Harding say he is going to London?

7. What happens when Grantly tells Bold he cannot back out of the legal situation?

8. Why does Bold suspect that he is to blame for the article in the newspaper that slanders Harding?

9. How is Harding's resignation received, over all?

10. What is Grantly's idea for how Harding can remain employed?

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