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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 would Julian ask a nurse or one of the attendants, "Could you tell me, did I preach last night?"
(a) He wanted to know what he had preached.
(b) To see what they thought about it.
(c) To sort out his imaginings from what was real.
(d) To make sure he had arrived to preach.

2. How does this observer address the man who is cooing at the birds?
(a) Sissy.
(b) Saint Francis.
(c) Birdlover.
(d) Saint Michael.

3. What happens to the conversation.
(a) It gets even uglier.
(b) It turns into a brawl.
(c) It suddenly ends.
(d) It settles down.

4. What does the butler do?
(a) Writes down the measurements.
(b) Enters and agrees that the model is an extraordinary piece of work.
(c) Dusts the model.
(d) Teases the Cardinal.

5. What is in massive scale?
(a) The crosses.
(b) The chairs.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian admit to the butler when the lawyer leaves?

2. Why is it appropriate?

3. Who enters the courtyard through an iron gate and moves quietly toward the man and watches him with mild amusement?

4. What are of the expected variety in a place of this grandeur?

5. What does Julian confide about a period during his stay at the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Miss Alice, when she enters the scene?

2. How does Julian feel about the way the conversation with the butler is going? What does he want to know?

3. What does Julian believe?

4. Why is Julian confused?

5. What does Julian do when the lawyer leaves?

6. What is happening to Alice as the scene begins?

7. What had Julian assumed about their departure? What does he now realize?

8. Describe the upstairs sitting room of the castle.

9. What does Julian not understand about Miss Alice?

10. What happens when Julian leaves the room?

(see the answer keys)

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