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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 does Ralph send Beatrice for her birthday?
(a) A basket with a tinderbox inside.
(b) Antique books.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Flowers.

2. Who is the midwife who keeps Beatrice's secret about the baby?
(a) Ms. Mayfield.
(b) Ms. McCallister.
(c) Ms. Merry.
(d) Ms. Merrywether.

3. What does John tell Beatrice when he returns home?
(a) He knows the children are a result of incest.
(b) He wants to renew his wedding vows.
(c) He wants a divorce.
(d) He wants to return to his medical practice.

4. What does Celia ultimately want for Julia?
(a) To go to school and not return.
(b) To share Wideacre with Richard.
(c) To have a home of her own one day.
(d) To become mistress of Wideacre.

5. What is Ralph doing when Beatrice walks out of the house?
(a) Sitting in a wagon.
(b) Sitting on the ground.
(c) Sitting on a horse.
(d) Sitting in a carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a tool Harry and Beatrice use to come up with the money to buy out the entail?

2. What is Beatrice's new baby named?

3. Which of the following activities do the people of Wideacre NOT use the common grounds?

4. Which of the following items is NOT found in the special room Beatrice creates for her sexual encounters with Harry?

5. What does Beatrice think needs to happen so that things can return to normal at Wideacre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John confront Beatrice on when he returns home?

2. How does Beatrice reinforce her ploy to have John sent away by planting a bottle of liquor in his room?

3. How does Beatrice know that Ralph is getting closer to returning to Wideacre?

4. What causes Mama to collapse in the library?

5. How does Beatrice react when she learns that John has asked Harry's permission to marry her?

6. What is the tradition of the wheat doll on the last day of the harvest?

7. Describe the scene in which John is taken away by the doctors to begin his alcohol addiction treatment.

8. How does Beatrice react to Richard's brush with death and how is she perceived to be shallow in her concerns?

9. Why does Celia reject Beatrice's plan for Julia's inheritance of Wideacre?

10. Describe the scene of desperation that Harry and Beatrice witness at the Christmas party.

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