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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would young men busy with intellectual pursuits, politics and social reform be much better off?
(a) Marrying an intelligent woman.
(b) If they cultivated friendships.
(c) Not trusting others.
(d) Working in solitude.

2. What does the Squire give his son before he leaves?
(a) A small gift.
(b) Final words of wisdom.
(c) A ring.
(d) A wad of money.

3. Who tells Tom stories about the wild misbehavior of the other Rugby boys he had met?
(a) The boys he meets at school.
(b) His father.
(c) The coachman.
(d) The owner of the roadside inn.

4. How is the narration different from chapters one through three?
(a) It is in second person in chapter four, rather than third person.
(b) It is in third person in chapter four, rather than first person.
(c) It is in first in chapter four, rather than third person.
(d) It is in first person present tense in chapter four, rather than first person past tense.

5. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?
(a) The emotional and intellectual respect with which he regards his father.
(b) How much he dislikes his father.
(c) How much he and his father disagree.
(d) The very formal and distant relationship he and his father have.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator admire?

2. How is the relationship between Squire Brown and Tom?

3. Why is there a shift?

4. At what does the narrator speak at length?

5. Who are two people with whom Tom is friends?

(see the answer key)

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