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

2. What do Oply's Chapter 8 remarks about a ring, a honeymoon, and a dress reveal?
(a) She is not interested in the trappings of a traditional wedding.
(b) She has more expensive tastes than Tom can support.
(c) She expects Tom to obtain these things honestly.
(d) She has been plotting to marry Tom all along.

3. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?
(a) Lady Armitage's.
(b) Miss Darlington's.
(c) Jane Fairweather's.
(d) Miss Brown's.

4. What is Jane constantly reading throughout Chapters 6 and 7?
(a) A book of war poems.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) A book of Wordsworth poems.
(d) Jane Eyre.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Cecilia seem to find indecent about Ned's waistcoat?
(a) Its silk fabric.
(b) Its fanciful embroidery.
(c) Its deep red color.
(d) Its pewter buttons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part of the title of Chapter 18 is "The Villain's Denouement"--what does "denouement" refer to in this context?

2. In Chapter 20, what does Cecilia wait to see before giving the order to turn the house around?

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

4. When Cecilia tells Ned that, since he is the one doing the killing, it is his responsibility to "provide the coin for Charon," what technique is being used (31)?

5. When Ned is trying to catch Cecilia in the portrait gallery, what does he reveal to her?

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