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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. When Frederick catches sight of Cecilia's leg, with whose great beauty does he favorably compare Cecilia's?
(a) His first wife's.
(b) Helen of Troy's.
(c) His sister's.
(d) Cleopatra's.

2. When Ned thinks of Cilla as an "enigmatic" person, what does this mean is true about Cilla (88)?
(a) She liked to make people anxious and unsettled.
(b) Her actions and motivations were mysterious.
(c) Her sense of humor was unpredictable and sometimes cruel.
(d) She enjoyed drama and being the center of attention.

3. In Chapter 18, what surprising information does Cecilia get about Miss Darlington?
(a) She plans to kill Lady Armitage.
(b) She deliberately let herself get captured.
(c) She is Morvath's mother.
(d) She is not biologically related to Cecilia.

4. 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) Accept the contract on Cecilia's life.
(c) Allow his house to be pushed from a cliff.
(d) Eat kippers.

5. What does Lady Armitage daydream about Ned doing when he finally brings her news of Cecilia's death?
(a) Kneeling before her devotedly and begging to be her servant.
(b) Asking her to run away with him to Italy.
(c) Revealing his true identity and telling her all his secrets.
(d) Assuring her that Miss Darlington has collapsed from grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pleasance anxious about going into the village for tea at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What is the fate of the small building Morvath is flying?

3. What does Cecilia hope to find when she is searching through her childhood dolls?

4. What does Ned feel self-conscious about once he and Cecilia are in Cecilia's bedroom?

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

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