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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ashenden declare about Driffield's novels?
(a) They are mostly ideas from other authors.
(b) They are boring.
(c) He does not comment.
(d) They are complex and intriquing.

2. What does Lady Hodmarsh call Amy?
(a) A sacrificial caregiver.
(b) A money grabber.
(c) A hoyden.
(d) A devoted daughter.

3. How does Ted Driffield act the last time William saw him?
(a) As if he does not know William.
(b) The same as always.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Depressed.

4. What does William do when he sneaks out to the Driffields?
(a) Songs and whist.
(b) Plays dice.
(c) Gambles.
(d) Helps Rosie cook.

5. What does the Vicar announce at dinner?
(a) Ted Driffield is in debtors prison.
(b) William has been accepted into Oxford.
(c) The Driffields have bolted to London, abandoning their debts.
(d) Rosie has left Ted for Kemp.

6. What becomes genius?
(a) Anything a man reads after age 40.
(b) Longevity.
(c) Triteness.
(d) Silence.

7. What occasionally embarrasses William at the Driffield's house?
(a) An allusion to his uncle's strictness.
(b) The looks that pass between Rosie and Kemp.
(c) An allusion to his uncle's sermons.
(d) The looks that pass between Rosie and Ted.

8. What does William agree to jot down?
(a) What he remembers about Kemp.
(b) Some reminiscences.
(c) Ted's likes and dislikes.
(d) What he remembers about Rosie.

9. In what town does Ashenden grow up?
(a) Kent.
(b) Blackstable.
(c) Standis.
(d) Breckwhich.

10. Into what topic does Kear ease into finally?
(a) Collaborating on a project.
(b) The life of the late Edward Driffield.
(c) Kear's sister.
(d) A novel upon which Kear is working.

11. What does Ashenden say about the first Mrs. Driffield?
(a) That she was misunderstood.
(b) That she was not an awful woman.
(c) That she was a real witch.
(d) That she writes most of Driffield's material.

12. What is Kear free of?
(a) Family obligations.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Deceit.

13. To whom does The Literary Supplement of the Times compare Ted at his death?
(a) Samuel Richardson.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) William Styron.
(d) Jeremy Taylor.

14. What are the Curate and Kemp urging Ted to do?
(a) Sing and join in the chorus.
(b) Come to church on Christmas eve.
(c) Write a book about Christ.
(d) Write a book about Blackstable.

15. What does Ted give William?
(a) A one-pound note.
(b) 50 shillings.
(c) 5 shillings.
(d) 25 shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the key to Kear's stable popularity?

2. What do intelligent people cease to do after age 30?

3. What does William use to interpret between the lines of what he learns about Ted and Rosie?

4. How does Ashenden characterize Kear's early novels?

5. What does William think is the reason Rosie sees Kemp?

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