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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 figure of speech is present in the phrase "winter dreamed in her eyes" (3)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Simile.
(d) Epigram.

2. Whose idea is it to have tea in Ottery St. Mary?
(a) Miss Darlington's.
(b) Mrs. Rotunder's.
(c) Miss Brown's.
(d) Miss Fairweather's.

3. At the end of Chapter 5, what is it implied that Cecilia sees in the distant shadows?
(a) Ned Lightbourne.
(b) Her father's house.
(c) Mountains.
(d) A lantern light.

4. What is Jane constantly reading throughout Chapters 6 and 7?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) A book of war poems.
(c) A book of Wordsworth poems.
(d) Jane Eyre.

5. What technique is used when Cecilia says that "Night is like the underskin of a poem" (121)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Cecilia use to describe non-pirates?

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

3. What are the women referring to when they speak of the "Great Peril" (81)?

4. Which name does Ned use when he offers his services as an assassin to Lady Armitage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How many husbands has Lady Armitage had, and what are their fates?

2. What is really happening as Cecilia views herself as "calm, impassive, undisturbed by fears" at dinner?

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

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

5. What does Cecilia understand about Miss Brown's nighttime encounter with Tom Eames that Miss Brown herself fails to understand?

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

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

8. Why is Cecilia excited to learn that she is the target of an assassination attempt?

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

10. What is paradoxical about Lady Armitage's attitude toward Cecilia in Chapter 2?

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