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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. Where did the bond between Charles and Latimer come from?
(a) A shared illness.
(b) The intellect shared between them.
(c) The attractiveness of both boys.
(d) The community of feeling.

2. How does Latimer feel about the wedding?
(a) He plans on sabotaging it.
(b) He knows it will take place, but something will happen to keep it from being completed.
(c) He does not think it will take place.
(d) He thinks it will take place.

3. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?
(a) He doesn't want sympathy in life.
(b) Alfred already told everyone Latimer's story.
(c) He doesn't think anyone will believe it.
(d) He does not believe that humanity has sympathy for the living.

4. Why does Latimer shut himself in rooms alone?
(a) To sabotage the wedding.
(b) To dream of Bertha uninterrupted.
(c) To make plans to kill Alfred.
(d) To write about his death.

5. What does Latimer compare to his mother's love?
(a) The trees, the stars, and the flowers.
(b) The wildlife.
(c) The valleys and the rivers.
(d) The sky, mountain tops, and the blue water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertha keep on her gold chain?

2. When Latimer's father is late for their shopping trip, Latimer has another vision. What does Latimer see in this vision?

3. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?

4. What image is Latimer obsessed with?

5. How does Bertha react to Latimer's question about loving him?

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