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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Ned and Cecilia go first when they enter the hotel?
(a) The top floor.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The front desk.
(d) The dining room.

2. What does Jane imply is unladylike about Oply?
(a) Her clothing.
(b) Her language.
(c) Her manners.
(d) Her hairstyle.

3. Who suggests that Cecilia leave the teahouse to look for a library in the village?
(a) Oply Brown.
(b) Jane Fairweather.
(c) Miss Fairweather.
(d) Miss Darlington.

4. When Ned is trying to decide what Cecilia's nickname should be, to what flower does he compare her?
(a) Camellia.
(b) Orchid.
(c) Lily.
(d) Rose.

5. Whom does Miss Darlington suspect of being behind the butler's theft of the house?
(a) Frederick Bassingthwaite.
(b) Lady Armitage.
(c) Patrick Morvath.
(d) Eduardo de Luca.

6. Whose idea is it to have tea in Ottery St. Mary?
(a) Miss Brown's.
(b) Miss Fairweather's.
(c) Mrs. Rotunder's.
(d) Miss Darlington's.

7. What is Jane constantly reading throughout Chapters 6 and 7?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) A book of Wordsworth poems.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) A book of war poems.

8. Which name does Ned use when he offers his services as an assassin to Lady Armitage?
(a) Duarte Leveport.
(b) Teddy Luxe.
(c) Eduardo de Luca.
(d) Captain Smith.

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

10. In Chapter 5, where has Constantinopla just returned from?
(a) Prison.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) The United States.
(d) Windsor Castle.

11. What unusual weapon did Mrs. Rotunder employ in her recent assassination attempt against Miss Darlington?
(a) A dung beetle.
(b) A ladybug.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A chinchilla.

12. When the narrative describes the Wisteria Society women inside the Ancient Mariner as "an Impressionist's fever dream," what claim is being made about their appearance (79)?
(a) It is somber and foreboding.
(b) It is flashy and tasteless.
(c) It is terrifying and surreal.
(d) It is elaborate and colorful.

13. Who fires shots at Darlington House as it comes in for a landing in Ottery St. Mary?
(a) Ned Lightbourne.
(b) Patrick Morvath.
(c) Constantinopla Brown.
(d) Jane Fairweather.

14. What is the name of the house where Cecilia lived when she was a small child?
(a) Haworth Parsonage.
(b) Northangerland Abbey.
(c) Wilderfell Hall.
(d) Thornfield.

15. When Cecilia tells Ned that, since he is the one doing the killing, it is his responsibility to "provide the coin for Charon," what technique is being used (31)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Homage.
(c) Non Sequitur.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, what is it implied that Cecilia sees in the distant shadows?

2. What are the women referring to when they speak of the "Great Peril" (81)?

3. The rumor that Verisimilitude Jones is so old that she once stole a cake from Marie Antoinette contains examples of which techniques?

4. What unexpected thing does Ned do as he is leaving Lady Armitage's house?

5. What two forms of speech does Cecilia forbid Ned from using while they are on their way into the hotel?

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