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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Ned give Cecilia for knowing the area of Sidmouth well?
(a) He knows it from an undercover job as a village butcher.
(b) Sidmouth is where his house was located when it was pushed off a cliff.
(c) He knows it from his days as a smuggler.
(d) Sidmouth is where he grew up.

2. What is The Mysteries of Udolpho?
(a) An English spiritualist's guide to dealing with ghosts.
(b) An English Gothic Romance.
(c) A novel by Branwell Bronte.
(d) The first known detective novel.

3. Whose butler has stolen her house?
(a) Miss Fairweather's.
(b) Miss Jones's.
(c) Miss Brown's.
(d) Mrs. Eames's.

4. When Ned is trying to decide what Cecilia's nickname should be, to what flower does he compare her?
(a) Lily.
(b) Orchid.
(c) Camellia.
(d) Rose.

5. In Chapter 5, where has Constantinopla just returned from?
(a) The United States.
(b) Prison.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane imply is unladylike about Oply?

2. By what name does Ned introduce himself to Cecilia in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Miss Darlington tell Cecilia to find out if the teahouse has a library?

4. When Darlington House lifts off in Chapter 4, what dangerous thing happens to Cecilia?

5. What new claim about his employment does Ned make in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details of Ned's appearance in Chapter 1 cause Cecilia to assume that he is a pirate?

2. What are the two competing stories that Ned has heard about Morvath's marriage to Cilla?

3. What is unusual about Pleasance's mental state?

4. Where does Ned first lie down to sleep, and why does he quickly move to sleep elsewhere?

5. How is Miss Darlington's Chapter 4 reaction to Cecilia walking two miles typical of her treatment of Cecilia in general?

6. How does Miss Darlington's confusion about an acronym lead to Darlington House being fired upon when it lands in Ottery St. Mary?

7. In Chapter 8, what plan for Cecilia does Morvath reveal to Ned, and what motivates Morvath's plan?

8. In Chapter 4, why does Miss Darlington suddenly bring the house into town to pick up Cecilia?

9. How does Cecilia's behavior continue to deteriorate after dinner, and what does Ned do in response?

10. What is the fate of the book of Wordsworth poems that Cecilia is reading while she drives the carriage in Chapter 9?

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