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 used when Cecilia says that "Night is like the underskin of a poem" (121)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Synecdoche.

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

3. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?
(a) The Wanderings of Oisin.
(b) The Song of Hiawatha.
(c) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
(d) The Fall of Ninevah.

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

5. 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)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Aside.
(d) Euphemism.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the flashback in which Cecilia writes down plans for killing her father, what new information is communicated about her father's murder of her mother?

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

3. Besides tea and cookies, what does Lady Armitage need a constant supply of while she waits for Ned to appear?

4. Whose butler has stolen her house?

5. What book does Cecilia take with her on her walk to the library?

(see the answer key)

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