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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 21, "Post-Traumatic Housework Disorder," through Chapter 26, "A Woman's Liberation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Assuring her that Miss Darlington has collapsed from grief.
(c) Revealing his true identity and telling her all his secrets.
(d) Asking her to run away with him to Italy.

2. What is Miss Darlingon's first name?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Jemima.
(c) Anne.
(d) Isabella.

3. 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 has very rigid ideas about etiquette.
(d) She is often ill-tempered in the morning.

4. On page 282, what does Cecilia call the suspicion that follows her because of her parents' behavior?
(a) Her "cross."
(b) Her "cloud."
(c) Her "inheritance."
(d) Her "burden."

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

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. What does Ned steal from one of the Wisteria Society houses in Chapter 6?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 23, what chiming sound does Cecilia think she hears?

4. How does Lady Armitage feel when she thinks that Cecilia is really dead?

5. What fake names does Ned give for himself and Cecilia at the hotel?

(see the answer key)

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