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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 causes Cecilia's stomach--and her understanding of Ned--to flip while they are talking at dinner?
(a) He reveals his hatred of Wordsworth.
(b) He accurately quotes William Blake.
(c) He gently lifts a bit of lint from her glove.
(d) He tells her she is nothing like her father.

2. What are the women of the Wisteria Society doing at the beginning of Chapter 18, while Cecilia stands watch at the door?
(a) Making weapons.
(b) Arguing about battle tactics.
(c) Looking for more suitable clothing.
(d) Studying a map of the abbey.

3. Who appears at Lady Armitage's house when she is expecting Ned in Chapter 12?
(a) Randall.
(b) Morvath.
(c) Jacobsen.
(d) Alex.

4. On page 28, the text refers to nuns who are "made mad" by the songs of "selkies." What is a "selkie"?
(a) The wandering spirit of someone who died by drowning.
(b) Tiny human-like creatures that live underground in forests.
(c) A creature that can change from a seal into a human.
(d) A voracious being that grows thinner the more it eats.

5. On page 78, what criticism does Miss Darlington make of Miss Brown's language when they are just outside the Ancient Mariner?
(a) She warns that shouting will cause Miss Brown to "breathe too much" and "chill [her] heart."
(b) She claims that the others will not "succumb to [Miss Brown's] dubious charms."
(c) She says that "A lady should not use French on the street."
(d) She chides Miss Brown for using a "bald euphemism" to describe a bodily function.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Lady Armitage prepared in advance for a possible attempt to steal her house?

2. What does Ned pretend to see in order to slow Cecilia down enough to catch her as she is running through the portrait gallery?

3. At the end of Chapter 5, what is it implied that Cecilia sees in the distant shadows?

4. Whose butler has stolen her house?

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

(see the answer key)

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