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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just as Pleasance makes it to the bedroom door, pulling Miss Darlington on a blanket, who breaks open the door and enters the room?
(a) Jacobsen.
(b) Alex.
(c) Ned.
(d) Morvath.

2. In Chapter 11, what causes Ned to suggest that it would be better to take the carriage than ride the horses that Cecilia has procured?
(a) He thinks that it is more appropriate and ladylike for Cecilia to ride in a carriage.
(b) He is bothered that Cecilia is the one who thought to steal some horses.
(c) He is worried that Cecilia is too dizzy to safely ride.
(d) He thinks that leaving the carriage behind will draw attention to them.

3. What does Cecilia see when she first opens her eyes in her childhood bedroom?
(a) The cockatiel wallpaper.
(b) Frederick Bassingthwaite.
(c) Ned Lightbourne.
(d) A portrait of her mother.

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

5. When, in Chapter 11, Ned introduces himself to Cecilia as "Ned Lightbourne...Captain of Her Majesty's secret police brigade," how is Cecila's reaction best described?
(a) She finds it reassuring.
(b) She finds it romantic.
(c) She finds it comical.
(d) She finds it hard to believe.

6. What does Jane say Miss Darlington treats Cecilia like?
(a) A princess.
(b) A servant.
(c) A child.
(d) A spoiled pet.

7. What does Ned feel self-conscious about once he and Cecilia are in Cecilia's bedroom?
(a) The immaculate cleanliness.
(b) The overly feminine decor.
(c) Cecilia's childhood dolls.
(d) The portrait of Cilla.

8. On page 244, what does Cecilia say she is doing when she draws a gun on Ned? ed asks Cecila whether she is jikacking the house
(a) She finds the situation "regrettable."
(b) She intends to "extract a confession" from Ned.
(c) She is "hijacking" her own life.
(d) She expects "more cheerful compliance" from Ned.

9. Part of the title of Chapter 18 is "The Villain's Denouement"--what does "denouement" refer to in this context?
(a) A resolution or outcome.
(b) A defeat or setback.
(c) A plan or procedure.
(d) An explanation or description.

10. In Chapter 12, what solution does Cecilia offer to the problem of the patriarchy?
(a) Getting rid of men entirely.
(b) Replacing it with matriarchy.
(c) Education for women.
(d) Women's suffrage.

11. How does Oply get Tom onto the London-bound train?
(a) She drugs him.
(b) She tells him she sees Ned inside the train.
(c) She fakes a purse snatching.
(d) She threatens him with a knife.

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

13. What is the rhetorical purpose of Cecilia's misunderstanding of the word "protection" during her intimate encounter with Ned?
(a) It hints that she still does not trust Ned completely.
(b) It characterizes her as prudish about language.
(c) It demonstrates her naivete about sexual matters.
(d) It foreshadows Cecilia's intention to leave Ned.

14. In Chapter 20, what does Cecilia wait to see before giving the order to turn the house around?
(a) Alex and Jane landing their houses.
(b) Miss Darlington outside the abbey.
(c) The queen's soldiers beginning to withdraw.
(d) Her father's fiery death.

15. How does Ned stop Cecilia from confiding her rescue plan to Miss Fairweather?
(a) He throws a dagger into the wall behind her.
(b) He claps a hand over her mouth and refuses to let her speak.
(c) He overturns the teapot and floods the table with tea.
(d) He pretends to be choking on a kipper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the breakfast room of Northangerland Abbey, what is Cecilia's response to her father's greeting?

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 Lady Armitage daydream about Ned doing when he finally brings her news of Cecilia's death?

5. Where is Lady Armitage spend time walking while she waits for Ned in Chapter 12?

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