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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. What were the books Beatrix published after her marriage based on?
(a) Traditional fairy tales.
(b) Historical figures.
(c) Her previous work.
(d) Holidays.

2. Which area of England did Beatrix fight to protect?
(a) The Lake District.
(b) Cotswolds.
(c) Somerset.
(d) The Dorset coastline.

3. What did Beatrix do to her farmhouse one year after buying the farm?
(a) Turned it into a bed and breakfast.
(b) Renovated the attic into an office.
(c) Built an addition.
(d) Demolished half of it.

4. What kind of comicality does Lane say is expressed on each page of Beatrix's books?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Parody.
(c) Satirical.
(d) Slapstick.

5. Which individuals impressed Beatrix in Chapter 8?
(a) Animal breeders.
(b) Beekeepers.
(c) Shepherds.
(d) Jockeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beatrix's brother confess when his parents objected to Beatrix's second engagement?

2. What is characteristic of many of the locations in Beatrix's books?

3. What was the name of the farm Beatrix purchased in 1905?

4. Which of the following does Lane NOT say is expressed in Beatrix's works?

5. Dolls from which country overloaded the marketplace?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Lane, what put an end to Beatrix's best writing years?

2. What softened Beatrix's reticence for interacting with the public?

3. How did Beatrix feel about being a celebrity?

4. What does Lane suggest allowed Beatrix to add a deeper level of reality to her characters?

5. What does Lane believe was Beatrix's greatest achievement after her 'golden decade' of writing?

6. How was the artwork in Beatrix's books different from other children's books?

7. What were Beatrix's initial plans for Hill Top Farm and its tenant farmer?

8. What does Lane note Beatrix's stories lacked?

9. How was Beatrix treated in America?

10. What happened in Beatrix's life just before World War I ended?

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