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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 7, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chloe claim is true of her brother?
(a) She claims he has information about her book.
(b) She claims he has fought a duel.
(c) She claims he is leaving Sidley Park for good.
(d) She claims he is in love with Hannah.

2. What mathematical advantage does Valentine have over Thomasina?
(a) His equations are accurate
(b) He can use a computer to compute his equations
(c) He is measuring something phyisical rather than emotional
(d) He is more skilled at mathematics

3. What has Valentine's mother loaned Bernard?
(a) Her notes on gardening
(b) Her first edition of The Couch of Eros
(c) Her bicycle
(d) Her car

4. How does Hannah reconcile the tension between science and religion?
(a) Science is valuable as an earthly struggle; religion a cheat
(b) Science is the countenance of God's creation
(c) Science measures what is quantifiable, while religion explains what is qualitative
(d) Science is God's method of ordering the universe

5. What tabloid headline does Hannah share with the Crooms?
(a) Bonking Byron Shot Poet
(b) Sex, Literature, and Death at Sidley Park
(c) Child Prodigy Solves Apple Leaf
(d) Mad Monkey Bites Back

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is onstage when the scene begins?

2. What secret does Augustus know about Thomasina?

3. When he learns he might find information about Byron, Bernard makes arrangements to _______________.

4. What scientific constant fascinates Valentine?

5. Why is Hannah skeptical of Bernard's conclusion regarding Byron's duel with Chater?

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