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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fanny deprived the pleasure of in Chapter 4?
(a) Her old gray pony.
(b) Performing in a play.
(c) Walking with Mrs. Norris.
(d) Attending social functions with her cousins.

2. What does Fanny have on the wall of her room that William sent her?
(a) Sketch of a ship.
(b) Photograph of William.
(c) Pressed flowers.
(d) Painting of the Alps.

3. What is Fanny's reaction to hearing the news that her uncle has returned?
(a) Irritated.
(b) Feels faint.
(c) Overjoyed.
(d) Fondness.

4. What does Fanny agree to do at the rehearsal?
(a) Serve tea.
(b) Arrange flowers.
(c) Manage the stage curtain.
(d) Read Mrs. Grant's part.

5. What is Fanny doing at the window at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Stargazing.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Singing.
(d) Watching birds.

6. What does Edmund tell Mary about Fanny at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Fanny stays at home with his mother.
(b) Fanny has been brought out into society.
(c) Fanny dines out often.
(d) Fanny attends many balls.

7. What does Tom think of his Aunt Norris in Chapter 12?
(a) She is fascinating.
(b) She spends too much time by herself.
(c) She is too quiet.
(d) She is meddlesome.

8. What does Maria say is bumping against her elbow "unmercifully" during the carriage-ride home from Sotherton?
(a) Mrs. Norris' hat.
(b) Sewing box.
(c) A basket Mrs. Norris received from the gardener.
(d) Stack of magazines.

9. What does Lady Bertram send to her sister before she has her ninth child?
(a) Roses.
(b) Letter of recommendation for a nurse.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Money and baby linens.

10. Whom does Henry want to play the part of Agatha?
(a) Maria.
(b) Mrs. Grant.
(c) Fanny.
(d) Julia.

11. Why does Mrs. Grant not attend the rehearsal?
(a) Mr. Grant is ill.
(b) It is raining heavily and she cannot travel.
(c) She and her husband had unexpected visitors.
(d) She turned her ankle.

12. How does Mary describe Tom's manners in Chapter 5?
(a) Agreeable.
(b) Rude.
(c) Unrefined.
(d) Coarse.

13. What kind of play do Tom and Mary want to perform?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Greek drama.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Musical.

14. What question does Mary ask the Bertram brothers about Fanny in Chapter 5?
(a) Is she fond of playing cards?
(b) Does she go to balls?
(c) Does she like to listen to the harp?
(d) Will she entertain Mary at Mansfield Park?

15. What does Mrs. Grant say she is not pleased to see regarding the acting roles in the play?
(a) The scenery is badly painted.
(b) That Julia is excluded from having a role.
(c) Henry is making a spectacle of himself.
(d) She loathes her costume.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fanny describe Mary during a conversation with Edmund early in the novel?

2. Why does Tom lead Fanny out to the dance floor after telling her he is glad she doesn't want to dance?

3. When Mr. Rushworth leaves Henry and Maria alone on the grounds of Sotherton, what do they do?

4. Why does Edmund come to Fanny's room in Chapter 16?

5. What does Julia announce to the performers as they rehearse one evening?

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