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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Beatrix Potter Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the follow-up book to Peter Rabbit?
(a) "The Tale of Flopsy Bunny."
(b) "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny."
(c) "The Tale of Velvet Bunny."
(d) "The Tale of Poppy Bunny."

2. What did Beatrix's brother confess when his parents objected to Beatrix's second engagement?
(a) He would never marry.
(b) He arranged Beatrix's engagement.
(c) He was divorced.
(d) He had married a farm girl.

3. What did Beatrix's personality as a child lead her to do?
(a) Ignore her parents' wisdom.
(b) Create her own world.
(c) Approach strangers.
(d) Make many friends.

4. According to the diary, what did Beatrix resent?
(a) Living in the city.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her critics.
(d) Becoming an adult.

5. Beatrix's childhood nurse is described as ________________.
(a) A Liberal.
(b) A Scottish Calvinist.
(c) An atheist.
(d) A hillbilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Beatrix write a letter to five year old Noel Moore?

2. What ideas did Beatrix believe in as stated in Chapter 1?

3. How long did Beatrix's tenant farmer work on the farm after she bought it?

4. What 'vulgarity' does Lane note Beatrix's works lacked?

5. What did Beatrix's parents object to in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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