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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 20, what does the narrator say Ned would refuse to do if he could live his life over again?
(a) Read Morvath's writing.
(b) Eat kippers.
(c) Accept the contract on Cecilia's life.
(d) Allow his house to be pushed from a cliff.

3. Who fires shots at Darlington House as it comes in for a landing in Ottery St. Mary?
(a) Jane Fairweather.
(b) Ned Lightbourne.
(c) Patrick Morvath.
(d) Constantinopla Brown.

4. What does Miss Darlington's irritation when Ned knocks at their door reveal about Miss Darlington?
(a) She is suspicious of anyone who tries to call on Cecilia.
(b) She is reclusive and dislikes receiving visitors.
(c) She is often ill-tempered in the morning.
(d) She has very rigid ideas about etiquette.

5. Why does Morvath have a hard time locating the door to the secret passage in the gallery?
(a) He has not used the passages in many years.
(b) Cilla switched the portraits around.
(c) Jane Fairweather has drugged his tea.
(d) He is too angry to really focus on the task.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhetorical purpose of Cecilia's misunderstanding of the word "protection" during her intimate encounter with Ned?

2. When Ned thinks of Cilla as an "enigmatic" person, what does this mean is true about Cilla (88)?

3. What does Cecilia throw at Morvath's feet in Chapter 18?

4. What causes Cecilia's stomach--and her understanding of Ned--to flip while they are talking at dinner?

5. Who surprises Lady Armitage by bringing in tea in the place of her butler?

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