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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. How does Mr. Arabin feel when he stays with the Archdeacon?
(a) Confident and powerful.
(b) Alone and isolated.
(c) Worried and upset.
(d) Intelligent and lucky.

2. Where does the Proudie family prefer to live?
(a) Berkshire.
(b) America.
(c) Barchester.
(d) London.

3. How does the Archdeacon feel about the Proudies when he meets them in Chapter 5?
(a) He approves of them.
(b) He has no opinion of them.
(c) He is unsure they will succeed.
(d) He disapproves of them.

4. When the Bishop confronts Mrs. Proudie about the position of warden, what happens?
(a) He concedes to her opinion.
(b) He feels he got nowhere with her.
(c) He changes her mind.
(d) He left the room angrily.

5. How does Dr. Harding feel about Mr. Slope's romantic interest in Eleanor?
(a) He is happy.
(b) It confuses him.
(c) It makes him want to resign the position of warden.
(d) It disturbs him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do the Stanhopes have?

2. In Chapter 30, what does Mr. Arabin realize about Eleanor?

3. How many people live in the Thorne household?

4. How is Mr. Arabin described in terms of his religion?

5. How are the Archdeacon and Mr. Harding alike?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does the bill Parliament passes mean to Hiram's Hospital?

2. What role does Mr. Slope play in the Proudie's discussion of the wardenship position in Chapters 25 and 26?

3. What happens when Mr. Slope visits with Eleanor Bold and Susan Grantly?

4. How are the Thornes contrasted with the clergy of Barchester?

5. What does the Archdeacon plan to do in terms of the wardenship at the end of Chapter 18?

6. What does Dr. Harding learn about the wardenship of Hiram's Hospital in Chapter 14, and how does he respond?

7. How does Mr. Arabin discover that he is in love with Eleanor?

8. In Chapter 16, what role does Mrs. Proudie play in filling the wardenship?

9. In Chapter 1, what makes finding a new Bishop complicated?

10. What does the Archdeacon tell Eleanor about her relationship with Mr. Slope?

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