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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. When Lucy and Miss Bartlett go on a walk with Mr. Eager, what do they purchase?
(a) Leather from the market.
(b) Pasties.
(c) Homemade wine.
(d) Cheaply made souveniers.

2. Why does Miss Bartlett take the larger room with a view?
(a) The room is damp and she does not want Lucy to catch a chill.
(b) She feels it is inappropriate for Lucy to sleep where George has slept.
(c) She's selfish.
(d) The room has a larger lock and is safer.

3. While Lucy packs, where does Miss Bartlett take George for a conversation?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The street.

4. When Lucy reacts as she does to George's unhappiness, Mr. Emerson accuses Lucy of being what?
(a) In a muddle.
(b) In a funk.
(c) In a prison.
(d) In a mood.

5. Why does Miss Bartlett say George cannot be trusted?
(a) George is a man.
(b) George is melancholy.
(c) George is a known liar.
(d) George has a past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lucy go somewhere with Miss Bartlett at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What type of group ride is taken at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Who does Lucy receive letters from?

4. What does Mr. Beebe do once he learns Lucy is engaged?

5. Who offers Lucy and Miss Bartlett a room with a view?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Lucy has a fight with Mrs. Honeychurch, what is the view she sees out the window?

2. Why is it ironic that Cecil tries to lead Lucy and Mrs. Honeychurch away from the men in the lake?

3. Why does Mr. Emerson express pity for Lucy in Chapter 2?

4. Why does Lucy ignore Miss Bartlett's advice to share her history with George?

5. Phaeton is bribed with a coin to keep silent about Lucy and George. Why is this ironic?

6. The final chapter in A Room with a View takes place back in Italy. What does this location change symbolize?

7. Why does Cecil want the Emersons to move into the villa? What does Cecil attribute Lucy's negative response to the situation as?

8. What is the room with a view Lucy discovers in Chapter 19?

9. What is the significance behind Cecil reading instead of playing tennis with Lucy?

10. At what point in the story does Lucy declare her love for Cecil and why?

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