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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 11, "A Sudden Awakening," through Chapter 15, "Cecilia's Tragic Childhood".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is evidence in Ned's thought that there is "a wind-colored silence" in Cecilia's eyes (128)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Malapropism.
(d) Synesthesia.

2. What is the name of the hotel where Ned proposes that he and Cecilia stop for the night in Chapter 9?
(a) The Basset.
(b) The Grange.
(c) The Knowle.
(d) The Walters.

3. Whose butler has stolen her house?
(a) Mrs. Eames's.
(b) Miss Jones's.
(c) Miss Brown's.
(d) Miss Fairweather's.

4. What new claim about his employment does Ned make in Chapter 8?
(a) Captain Morvath has employed him to kill Cecilia.
(b) The Queen has employed him to keep Cecilia away from Morvath.
(c) Miss Darlington has employed him as Cecilia's bodyguard.
(d) Parliament has employed him to spy on Morvath.

5. What two forms of speech does Cecilia forbid Ned from using while they are on their way into the hotel?
(a) Crude language and lies.
(b) Nicknames and poetry.
(c) Poetry and crude language.
(d) Lies and nicknames.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecilia threaten to stab Ned with in Chapter 1?

2. Whose idea is it to have tea in Ottery St. Mary?

3. What does Cecilia mean when she tells Ned that "for an Italian, you have a remarkably Etonian accent" (30)?

4. What does Tom find out about Oply in Chapter 8?

5. On page 150, why does Cecilia think it would be better to stab Ned than to slap him?

(see the answer key)

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