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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cannot get William alone the last time he sees Ted?
(a) Ted.
(b) Roy.
(c) Amy.
(d) lady Hodmarsh.

2. What can't William imagine?
(a) That Rosie would want to be with Ted.
(b) That Rosie would do the filthy things Mary-Ann claims.
(c) That Rosie would ever think William was worth her while.
(d) That Ted would ever tire of Rosie.

3. With whom does William go to school?
(a) The Kemp children.
(b) No one.
(c) His cousins.
(d) His brothers.

4. What does William say the English reverence in general?
(a) Dead authors.
(b) Old age.
(c) Men who have rebelled.
(d) Propriety.

5. Who is generous in giving new writers a leg up?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Ashenden.
(c) Jones.
(d) Kear.

6. Who tells William of the Driffield's background?
(a) William's uncle.
(b) William's teacher.
(c) William's aunt.
(d) A maid named Mary-Ann.

7. How does Driffield appear physically the last time William sees him?
(a) Greatly overweight.
(b) A bit overweight.
(c) Shrunken and thin.
(d) Strong and hale.

8. What does the young William sometimes wonder about?
(a) If Rosie is happy.
(b) Why the Driffields bother with an youth.
(c) If he will be a writer like Ted.
(d) If his uncle and aunt have ever done the things Rosie and Ted do.

9. How does Ted characterize William as a youth?
(a) Shy.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Outgoing.

10. Where did William once meet Amy?
(a) At a luncheon given by Lady Hodmarsh.
(b) At a ball given by Lady Ashmore.
(c) In a bookstore as Driffield is signing books.
(d) William has never met her.

11. What does William think is the reason Rosie sees Kemp?
(a) She is so innocent.
(b) She likes Kemp's son and is trying to get close to him.
(c) She is very poor.
(d) He is holding some evil spell over her.

12. What has Kear never done?
(a) Married.
(b) Lied.
(c) Lectured at a prestigious institution.
(d) Traveled outside England.

13. Who does William see in the dark while Rosie is having tea with Mary-Ann?
(a) No one.
(b) Kemp.
(c) Ted.
(d) His uncle.

14. What does William thinks fills Ted's books?
(a) His enigmatic personality.
(b) Trivia.
(c) Trite sayings.
(d) Inaccurate depictions of humanity.

15. With whom has Kear just spent a weekend?
(a) Driffield's widow.
(b) A friend in high places politically.
(c) The publisher of a very prestigious house that wants Kear to collaborate with Ashenden.
(d) Kear's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William want to go?

2. What occasionally embarrasses William at the Driffield's house?

3. What does the Vicar announce at dinner?

4. Who does Galloway mention?

5. How does Amy want Rosie portrayed?

(see the answer keys)

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