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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Changes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Switzerland to see Latimer during the end of his stay?
(a) His father.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Mrs. Archer

2. What will the narrator die from?
(a) A brain aneurysm.
(b) A gunshot wound.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Poison.

3. Why is Latimer examined by a phrenologist?
(a) Because Latimer has many bumps on his head.
(b) Becasue Latimer cannot sleep.
(c) Because Latimer cannot eat.
(d) Because Latimer keeps getting sick.

4. What kind of writing is The Lifted Veil?
(a) A novella.
(b) A biography.
(c) A graphic novel.
(d) An epic poem.

5. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?
(a) To allow the story to be catagorized under Science Fiction.
(b) Because he wants readers to experience the story as though they were the one dying.
(c) To show readers that Latimer is crazy.
(d) To make the story more believable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lifted Veil?

2. What happens when Latimer realizes that his visions are coming true?

3. During his death, Latimer thinks of what natural images?

4. Why do Latimer and Charles get along so well?

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

(see the answer key)

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