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

2. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?
(a) Sidmouth is where his house was located when it was pushed off a cliff.
(b) He knows it from an undercover job as a village butcher.
(c) Sidmouth is where he grew up.
(d) He knows it from his days as a smuggler.

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

4. Who is the dark figure that Cecilia and Ned notice creeping through the woods and both jump out to confront?
(a) Morvath.
(b) Jacobsen.
(c) Alex.
(d) Lady Armitage.

5. What does Cecilia throw at Morvath's feet in Chapter 18?
(a) The dagger he gave her as a child.
(b) A smoke bomb.
(c) A mathematics textbook.
(d) Her copy of Wuthering Heights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned surprise Cecilia by revealing when they are arguing about her father in the morning at The Knowles hotel?

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

3. What does Ned steal from one of the Wisteria Society houses in Chapter 6?

4. What do Queen Victoria's remarks about Ned cause Oply to realize?

5. What do Oply's Chapter 8 remarks about a ring, a honeymoon, and a dress reveal?

(see the answer key)

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