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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Crompton promise to do for Sarah?
(a) Absolve her of her sins.
(b) Remember her in his daily masses.
(c) Pray for her salvation.
(d) Ensure she will have a Catholic burial.

2. Why does Father Crompton say any prayer is better than none?
(a) Prayers show God a person is interested in becoming Catholic.
(b) Prayers connect a person with God.
(c) Prayers recognize God's power.
(d) Prayers renew a person's faith.

3. Why does Parkis visit the Reading Room?
(a) To help his son complete a school project.
(b) To read the Times Law Reports.
(c) To find Bendrix.
(d) To observe a investigation subject.

4. Why does Bendrix break his date with Sylvia?
(a) In order to take Sarah's mother to dinner.
(b) Henry disapproves of Sylvia.
(c) He must accompany Sarah's mother home.
(d) He feels guilty for bringing her to Sarah's funeral.

5. What prevents Bendrix from having sex with the prostitute he brings home one evening?
(a) He is concerned Henry will hear.
(b) He is impotent.
(c) He is still in love with Sarah.
(d) He promised Sarah he would never have sex with another woman.

6. What topic does Waterbury want Bendrix's opinion on for his article?
(a) E.M. Forster's books.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Love.
(d) Bendrix's books.

7. What reason does Smythe give Bendrix for no longer speaking on the Common?
(a) He is focusing only on home tutorials.
(b) He has renounced his faith.
(c) He has been cured of his skin ailment.
(d) He is unsure of his religious beliefs.

8. How does Sarah repeatedly refer to herself in her diary?
(a) As a bitch and a fake.
(b) As an adulteress.
(c) As a spurned woman.
(d) As a devout Christian.

9. Why is Waterbury surprised when Sylvia offers to escort Bendrix to Sarah's funeral?
(a) It is Wednesday and she usually visits her mother on Thursdays.
(b) Waterbury is jealous that Sylvia is attracted to Bendrix.
(c) Sylvia is under contract to work only with Waterbury.
(d) It is Tuesday and she usually visits her mother on Wednesdays.

10. Who unexpectedly comes to visit Henry after Sarah's death?
(a) A priest.
(b) Richard Smythe.
(c) Bendrix.
(d) Parkis.

11. Who does Sarah follow to the Pontefract Arms?
(a) Bendrix.
(b) Henry.
(c) Richard Smythe.
(d) Parkis.

12. Why does Sarah not want to leave her home the night Bendrix calls?
(a) She is sick and in pain.
(b) She no longer loves Bendrix.
(c) It is raining.
(d) She doesn't want to alarm Henry.

13. Who approaches Bendrix as he is researching for his book in the British Museum Reading Room?
(a) Mr. Savage.
(b) Parkis.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Henry.

14. What book does Bendrix find in Sarah's collection that was one of his personal favorites?
(a) Andrew Laing's fairy book.
(b) The Children of the New Forest.
(c) The Poetry of Thomas Hood.
(d) Last Expedition by Captain Scott.

15. How does Smythe characterize Biblical stories?
(a) As fictionalized events.
(b) As truth.
(c) As fables.
(d) As exaggerated events.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bendrix follow Sarah to when she leaves her house?

2. Where does Henry go early one morning that surprises Bendrix?

3. What example does Bendrix use to try and convince Henry God is fictional?

4. What aspect of his novel, 'The Ambitious Host', does Henry say Bendrix "got all wrong"?

5. Why does Sarah go out walking in the rain?

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