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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 are the women of the Wisteria Society doing at the beginning of Chapter 18, while Cecilia stands watch at the door?
(a) Arguing about battle tactics.
(b) Making weapons.
(c) Studying a map of the abbey.
(d) Looking for more suitable clothing.

2. What does Ned surprise Cecilia by revealing when they are arguing about her father in the morning at The Knowles hotel?
(a) He is a member of the queen's secret service.
(b) He once kissed Oply.
(c) He is related to her father's adoptive family.
(d) He once met her mother.

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

4. 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) Morvath.
(d) Ned.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Cecilia hope to find when she is searching through her childhood dolls?

3. What threat do Cecilia, Ned, and Lady Armitage use against Jacobsen to get him to reveal information about Morvath's location?

4. In Chapter 18, what surprising information does Cecilia get about Miss Darlington?

5. When Ned is daydreaming about marrying Cecilia, what do both his imagined wedding location and honeymoon location have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so upsetting to Ned about Cecilia's "defensive tones" when she is talking about her paternal heritage (128)?

2. What running joke about Jacobsen's name is introduced in Chapter 12, and what motif is this joke a part of?

3. When they are in the secret garden and Cecilia disappears into Millie's house to get a ladder, what mystifies her about Ned's reaction?

4. What is happening when Ned and Cecilia argue about Ned intruding on Lady Armitage's "intimate presence," and what is their argument really about (144)?

5. When Ned realizes that Cecilia has a hangover, how does he explain it to her, and why?

6. Describe Queen Victoria as she appears in this text.

7. Describe the place in the abbey where the Wisteria Society battlehouses have been moored.

8. What precaution does Ned take so that Lady Armitage will not be aware of his and Cecilia's scouting mission in Chapter 13, and how does Lady Armitage evade his plans?

9. As Pleasance cares for the wounded Miss Darlington, how does their exchange about tea reveal both Miss Darlington's affection for Pleasance and the class divide between the two women?

10. What is Cecilia's reasoning for suggesting that she and Ned spend some time alone in her bedroom before they rejoin the rest of the Wisteria Society?

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