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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Engagement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the wedding between Alfred and Bertha to take place?
(a) The following fall.
(b) The following winter.
(c) The following spring.
(d) The following summer.

2. Who does Latimer meet in Switzerland?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Mrs. Archer.
(c) Charles Meunier.
(d) George Eliot.

3. Why does Latimer believe that Bertha will marry him and not Alfred?
(a) Latimer's plan to sabotage the wedding would succeed.
(b) A tragedy for Alfred.
(c) A mistake during the ceremony would cancel out the marriage.
(d) In the end, his father would not support the marriage between Alfred and Bertha.

4. Who is described as handsome, confident, and extremely friendly, and evidently did not feel any rivalry with Latimer?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Mr. Filmore.
(d) His father.

5. What happens to Latimer when his father is talking about the places they will go visit in the chapter, "Changes"?
(a) He looks out the window.
(b) He gets a vision.
(c) He has a seizure.
(d) He passes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.

2. What is the woman's name that comes with Mrs. Filmore to Switzerland?

3. Which character can see their own death?

4. What other problems are associated with Latimer's illness?

5. Why does Latimer's father think he was strange?

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