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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. On page 150, why does Cecilia think it would be better to stab Ned than to slap him?
(a) It would be better for her reputation.
(b) It would mean she could nurse him back to health.
(c) It would make more of a mess in Lady Armitage's parlor.
(d) It would more accurately convey her feelings.

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

6. 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 is "hijacking" her own life.
(c) She expects "more cheerful compliance" from Ned.
(d) She intends to "extract a confession" from Ned.

7. Where does Alex carry his portrait of Cilla?
(a) In his coat pocket.
(b) In a ring.
(c) Tattooed on his arm.
(d) In a pocket watch.

8. Where is Morvath's house moored when Cecilia and Ned go looking for it in Chapter 13?
(a) Blackdown Hills.
(b) Lyme Regis.
(c) Mayfair.
(d) Bath.

9. From whom do Ned and Cecilia hide in a broom closet on their way out of the hotel?
(a) Randall.
(b) Morvath.
(c) Jacobsen.
(d) A porter.

10. In the breakfast room of Northangerland Abbey, what is Cecilia's response to her father's greeting?
(a) She cries and runs to Ned for comfort.
(b) She faints and falls to the floor.
(c) She begins to throw everything within reach at him.
(d) She draws a small knife and tries to stab him.

11. What does Cecilia tell Frederick she plans to use the secret passage to do?
(a) Find and rescue her aunt.
(b) Find and kill Ned Lightbourne.
(c) Escape Norhtangerland Abbey.
(d) Find and kill her father.

12. Why does Ned question Cecilia's order to land the house after she blows a hold in the abbey's west wing?
(a) He knows that Morvath has laid landmines around Northangerland Abbey.
(b) He knows that it is likely that the Wisteria Society women are dead.
(c) He is concerned that the abbey's stabilizing magic will affect Darlington House.
(d) He is concerned that Cecila is walking into a deathtrao,

13. What technique is evidence in Ned's thought that there is "a wind-colored silence" in Cecilia's eyes (128)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

14. At the end of Chapter 13, what causes Ned to realize that he and Cecilia are in danger?
(a) Randall appears.
(b) Morvath appears.
(c) Jacobsen disappears.
(d) Lady Armitage disappears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 243, what does Ned say when he sees the building Morvath is flying explode?

2. Whose "high, fine voice" do Ned and Cecilia unexpectedly hear while they are in the secret passage (209)?

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

4. Why is Cecilia relieved when she manages to shoot a cannonball that takes out a corner of the west wing of the abbey?

5. Who is the dark figure that Cecilia and Ned notice creeping through the woods and both jump out to confront?

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