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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter 1, "An Unexpected Caller," through Chapter 5, "Stealing O'er the Fading Sky in Shadowy Flight".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What figure of speech is present in the phrase "winter dreamed in her eyes" (3)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Epigram.

2. When Cecilia tells Ned that, since he is the one doing the killing, it is his responsibility to "provide the coin for Charon," what technique is being used (31)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Homage.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Non Sequitur.

3. Why have Miss Darlington and Miss Brown fallen out of touch?
(a) Miss Brown was involved in Cilla's death.
(b) Miss Darlington framed Miss Brown for a robbery.
(c) Miss Brown stole a valuable painting from Miss Darlington.
(d) Miss Darlington tried to have Miss Brown assassinated.

4. What is The Mysteries of Udolpho?
(a) A novel by Branwell Bronte.
(b) The first known detective novel.
(c) An English spiritualist's guide to dealing with ghosts.
(d) An English Gothic Romance.

5. What is the name of the house where Cecilia lived when she was a small child?
(a) Northangerland Abbey.
(b) Thornfield.
(c) Haworth Parsonage.
(d) Wilderfell Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ned have to travel by foot or horseback?

2. What is Miss Darlingon's first name?

3. When Miss Darlington corrects Cecilia's use of the word "steal" by saying "Obtain by private means," which device is this an example of (4)?

4. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?

5. What town is Darlington House near at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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