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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophical concepts do Septimus and Thomasina discuss in the scene?
(a) Free will and determination.
(b) Asthetic freedom versus asthetic limitations.
(c) Ignorance and knowledge.
(d) Relativity and absolute truth.

2. When Thomasina asks Septimus about sexual congress, he _________________________.
(a) Attempts to change the subject.
(b) Attempts to seduce her.
(c) Attempts to leave the room.
(d) Attempts to offer a detailed explanation.

3. Whose poem is Septimus reading?
(a) Ezra Pound's.
(b) Thomasina's.
(c) Lord Byron's.
(d) Ezra Chater's.

4. Thomasina does not discover that Septimus was found with Mrs. Chater because_____________________________.
(a) The servants discovered her listening and stopped talking.
(b) Thomasina believes Septimus loves only her.
(c) Thomasina believes Septimus is in love with her mother.
(d) The servants tried to cover up for Septimus.

5. What is the title of the poem Septimus is reading?
(a) The Raven.
(b) The Origin of Species.
(c) The Couch of Eros.
(d) The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chater ask Septimus to join him?

2. What sound interrupts Lady Croom's conversation?

3. Septimus tells Thomasina she must not be _________________________.

4. When Septimus mentions death in Arcadia, Thomasina responds ____________________.

5. According to Lady Croom, who has shot a pigeon?

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