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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 16, "Breakfast With the Devil," through Chapter 20, "Triumph".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom do Ned and Cecilia hide in a broom closet on their way out of the hotel?
(a) Randall.
(b) Jacobsen.
(c) A porter.
(d) Morvath.

2. What is the rhetorical purpose of Cecilia's misunderstanding of the word "protection" during her intimate encounter with Ned?
(a) It characterizes her as prudish about language.
(b) It demonstrates her naivete about sexual matters.
(c) It foreshadows Cecilia's intention to leave Ned.
(d) It hints that she still does not trust Ned completely.

3. Where is Lady Armitage spend time walking while she waits for Ned in Chapter 12?
(a) Along the seaside.
(b) Through the woods.
(c) In a municipal garden.
(d) In a Lyme Regis museum.

4. What does Cecilia have for the first time at the hotel?
(a) Oysters.
(b) Rum.
(c) Wine.
(d) Kidney pie.

5. When, in Chapter 11, Ned introduces himself to Cecilia as "Ned Lightbourne...Captain of Her Majesty's secret police brigade," how is Cecila's reaction best described?
(a) She finds it romantic.
(b) She finds it hard to believe.
(c) She finds it comical.
(d) She finds it reassuring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Morvath's adoptive parents die?

3. The rumor that Verisimilitude Jones is so old that she once stole a cake from Marie Antoinette contains examples of which techniques?

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

5. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?

(see the answer key)

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