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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 technique is evidence in Ned's thought that there is "a wind-colored silence" in Cecilia's eyes (128)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Malapropism.

2. What do Tom and Oply pretend that they are bringing to Queen Victoria?
(a) Toast.
(b) Clean linen.
(c) A telegram.
(d) Parrot food.

3. What does Miss Darlington mean when, on page 223, she tells Cecilia "Plan B"?
(a) Cecilia should pretend to agree with Morvath.
(b) Cecilia should run away.
(c) Cecilia should call for help.
(d) Cecilia should stab Morvath.

4. When Darlington House lifts off in Chapter 4, what dangerous thing happens to Cecilia?
(a) She is nearly struck by a bullet coming through the parlor window.
(b) She is nearly struck by a flying portrait of Black Beryl.
(c) She nearly falls from the house while it is in flight.
(d) She is nearly hit in the head with a heavy crystal bowl.

5. At the end of Chapter 5, what is it implied that Cecilia sees in the distant shadows?
(a) Her father's house.
(b) Mountains.
(c) A lantern light.
(d) Ned Lightbourne.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner in Chapter 13, what suspicion does Ned share with Cecilia?

2. When Frederick catches sight of Cecilia's leg, with whose great beauty does he favorably compare Cecilia's?

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

4. What does Cecilia tell Frederick she plans to use the secret passage to do?

5. What does Ned steal from Cecilia on their way into the hotel?

(see the answer key)

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