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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. Despite harsh prison conditions, Paul
(a) Sleeps on a featherbed, from Margot.
(b) Eats lavishly, due to Margot.
(c) Has his own finely appointed restroom.
(d) Does daily calisthenics.

2. Again, Paul is living the good life now, as
(a) A tourist.
(b) Margot's husband.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A fugitive.

3. Using bread for their ante, prisoners bet on
(a) Grimes' turning himself in.
(b) Grimes' death.
(c) Grimes' new alias.
(d) Grimes' capture.

4. Paul is impressed by Margot's talents as a
(a) Mother.
(b) Con artist.
(c) Socialite.
(d) Businesswoman.

5. After Potts' visit to Kings Thursday, Otto Silenus
(a) Disappears, never to return.
(b) Packs his bags and calls for a car.
(c) Gives away his things to the gardener.
(d) Moves in, with his instruments and luggage.

Short Answer Questions

1. The prison chaplain turns out to be

2. When Potts quits school for a new job, his father

3. Paul's new walking companion believes the chaplain is

4. The death of Prendergast, perhaps, was

5. Margot's yacht is waiting for Paul to take him to

Short Essay Questions

1. When Margot announces her upcoming marriage to Maltravers, what is Paul's reaction?

2. What does Waugh's final passage about Paul's reading say about Paul?

3. Describe the trait in Paul Pennyfeather that makes him ask Alistair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington to be his best man.

4. Briefly, discuss how Paul escapes the prison at Egdon-Heath.

5. The author gives us a clear glimpse of Pennyfeather's future at the end of this chapter. Discuss this seemingly awkwardly-placed revelation.

6. Paul is misunderstood as a misanthrope for wanting to stay in solitary confinement. Why does he prefer it?

7. What is Paul's response to the mysterious diagnosis, the trip to the hospital and his freedom?

8. Grimes has supposedly met with a terrible death in the bogs. Does Paul mourn his passing?

9. Margot Beste-Chetwynde had been at King's Thursday only once before she purchased the property many years later. Discuss that visit.

10. How does the judge see Paul's involvement in the crime for which he is convicted?

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