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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 21, "Post-Traumatic Housework Disorder," through Chapter 26, "A Woman's Liberation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Cecilia unable to read the letter from the Wisteria Society?
(a) The letter is in code.
(b) The letter is written in invisible ink.
(c) Pleasance has hidden the letter.
(d) She is not a senior member.

2. What author does Jacobsen promise to read to Miss Darlington every day?
(a) Byron.
(b) Stevenson.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Wordsworth.

3. When Chapter 24 begins, what book has Cecila recently begun reading?
(a) A collection of Byron's poetry.
(b) The Song of Hiawatha.
(c) On the Origin of Species.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

4. In Chapter 21, who first informs Miss Darlington that her son is dead?
(a) Pleasance.
(b) Miss Brown.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Mrs. Rotunder.

5. Just as Pleasance makes it to the bedroom door, pulling Miss Darlington on a blanket, who breaks open the door and enters the room?
(a) Ned.
(b) Morvath.
(c) Jacobsen.
(d) Alex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Darlingon's first name?

2. When Cecilia first sees her father and thinks of the day her mother died, this is an example of which plot device?

3. In Chapter 18, whom does Morvath learn might be his father?

4. What are the women of the Wisteria Society doing at the beginning of Chapter 18, while Cecilia stands watch at the door?

5. What new claim about his employment does Ned make in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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