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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 21, "Post-Traumatic Housework Disorder," through Chapter 26, "A Woman's Liberation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ned stop Cecilia from confiding her rescue plan to Miss Fairweather?
(a) He pretends to be choking on a kipper.
(b) He overturns the teapot and floods the table with tea.
(c) He claps a hand over her mouth and refuses to let her speak.
(d) He throws a dagger into the wall behind her.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what does Miss Darlington keep asking Pleasance to add more of to her tea?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Milk.
(d) Sugar.

3. What is the name of the hotel where Ned proposes that he and Cecilia stop for the night in Chapter 9?
(a) The Knowle.
(b) The Grange.
(c) The Walters.
(d) The Basset.

4. In Chapter 13, what evidence does Lady Armitage offer Ned and Cecilia that Morvath's hideout is nearby?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Vibrations.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Bird calls.

5. When Cecilia thinks that Ned looks "like a flower luring victims into its poisonous core," what two techniques are being used (193)?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Metonymy and hyperbole.
(c) Hyperbole and personification.
(d) Simile and metonymy.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Ned introduce himself to Cecilia in Chapter 3?

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

3. What unusual weapon did Mrs. Rotunder employ in her recent assassination attempt against Miss Darlington?

4. Where do Ned and Cecilia go first when they enter the hotel?

5. What small building do Ned and Cecilia see fly past Darlington House while they are arguing about landing?

(see the answer key)

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