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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. Why does Sir Henry have little money to leave his daughter after his death?
(a) He has recompensed Mrs. Wilbraham for her stolen jewels.
(b) He has lost his fortune in bad investments.
(c) He has gambled away the family fortune.
(d) His former butler embezzled most of the family's funds.

2. Why can't Lord Peter and Bunter spend the night at the Red Cow, the local inn in Fenchurch St. Paul?
(a) The Red Cow has burned down.
(b) The Red Cow doesn't have room for them.
(c) They have no money to pay for lodging.
(d) The Red Cow has closed for remodeling.

3. How many children does Suzanne Legros have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

4. How does Reverend Venables help his parishioners pay their tithes?
(a) He loans them money to do so.
(b) He gives them jobs to earn money to use to tithe.
(c) He serves as pastor for free so the church has more money.
(d) He advises them on investments to help them prosper.

5. What book has Lord Peter written that Reverend Venables immediately associates with Lord Peter's name because he has read the book?
(a) Change-Ringing Made Easy.
(b) Notes on the Collection of Incunabula.
(c) The English Aristocracy Today.
(d) Traveling in the Fens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bell is rung at Fenchurch St. Paul when people in the parish die?

2. What is unusual about the underclothing found on the dead man's body?

3. For what does Nobby Cranton mistake the Fenchurch St. Paul bells Paul Taylor and Batty Thomas?

4. Why can't Will Thoday ring his bell in the ceremony planned by Reverend Venables in the opening chapter of the book?

5. How does Hilary Thorpe's Uncle Edward feel about Lord Peter's interest in sleuthing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nobby Cranton react when Lord Peter shows him the cipher written on French paper and what does his reaction indicate?

2. During the funeral for the unidentified male corpse from Lady Thorpe's grave, what questions does Lord Peter ask himself about the corpse's death?

3. What similarities are there between Hilary Thorpe and Lord Peter?

4. What unique narrative techniques does Dorothy L. Sayers use in The Nine Tailors?

5. What is the Fens, the novel's setting, like?

6. What does the sluice-keeper complain about in the chapter entitled "Tailor Paul is Called Before With a Single," and what does his complaint foreshadow?

7. Why does Nobby Cranton return to Fenchurch St. Paul after his release from prison?

8. How does Suzanne Legros meet her husband Jean Legros and what lies do she and Jean tell about Jean's history?

9. What story does Jenkins tell Lord Peter about a stolen emerald necklace?

10. What reason does Jean Legros give his wife for his return to England?

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