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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 object does Jane Fairweather attack Ned with as they leave the secret passage?
(a) A butter knife.
(b) A sword.
(c) A whiskey bottle.
(d) A cushion.

2. Why is Pleasance anxious about going into the village for tea at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) She is nervous around the women of the Wisteria Society.
(b) She worries about Cecilia's health.
(c) She thinks the house will be stolen.
(d) She is afraid of the ghosts at the Ancient Mariner.

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

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

5. The rumor that Verisimilitude Jones is so old that she once stole a cake from Marie Antoinette contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Hyperbole and allusion.
(b) Foreshadowing and equivocation.
(c) Equivocation and hyperbole.
(d) Allusion and foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Cecilia unable to read the letter from the Wisteria Society?

2. What is the title of the poem that Cecilia is reading aloud in the book's opening?

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

4. What does Cecilia tell Oply is the reason that Jane is not yet a senior member of the Wisteria Society?

5. What did Miss Darlington steal from Mr. Rotunder?

(see the answer key)

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