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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 16, "Breakfast With the Devil," through Chapter 20, "Triumph".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cilla ask Ned to promise her?
(a) That he would avenge his mother someday.
(b) That he would help her escape from her husband.
(c) That he would make the world safer for Cecilia.
(d) That he would escort Cecilia safely to Miss Darlington.

2. In the breakfast room of Northangerland Abbey, what is Cecilia's response to her father's greeting?
(a) She faints and falls to the floor.
(b) She begins to throw everything within reach at him.
(c) She draws a small knife and tries to stab him.
(d) She cries and runs to Ned for comfort.

3. What surprises Cecilia about the hotel where she and Ned stay the night?
(a) The staff seems to be composed of pirates.
(b) The staff seems to know Ned already.
(c) It is fancier than she guessed it would be.
(d) It is small and run-down.

4. Whom do the portraits in the gallery depict?
(a) Members of the Bassingthwaite family.
(b) Characters from Wuthering Heights.
(c) Characters from Branwell Bronte's books.
(d) Members of the Morvath family.

5. What is The Mysteries of Udolpho?
(a) A novel by Branwell Bronte.
(b) An English spiritualist's guide to dealing with ghosts.
(c) The first known detective novel.
(d) An English Gothic Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cecilia goes outside to get some fresh air during the Chapter 6 Wisteria Society meeting, what does she discover is happening?

2. When Cecilia, Ned, and Lady Armitage are talking in the woods during the scouting mission in Chapter 13, what does Ned begin to suspect Cecilia is planning?

3. What technique is used when Cecilia says that "Night is like the underskin of a poem" (121)?

4. When Pleasance smells smoke and realizes that fire might be on its way, what is her first thought?

5. On page 243, what does Ned say when he sees the building Morvath is flying explode?

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