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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mrs. Archer's arrival, why does Bertha begin spending time with Latimer?
(a) Mrs. Archer has left and everything is back to normal.
(b) He can no longer read minds and she knows it.
(c) He has changed and will do whatever she wants.
(d) She has forced him to be her slave or she will leave.

2. What does Latimer's father's secret help Latimer and Bertha to do?
(a) Run away and start a new life.
(b) Start a family.
(c) Get the divorce they both want.
(d) Take their place in society.

3. Why does Latimer's father think he was strange?
(a) He is extremely loud.
(b) He is extremely sensitive.
(c) He is very intelligent.
(d) He is very outgoing.

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

5. How is Latimer to die?
(a) Surrounded by family.
(b) Cold and alone.
(c) With only his servants by his side.
(d) With only his wife by his side.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the narrator die from?

2. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?

3. What does Latimer compare to his mother's love?

4. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?

5. Why does Latimer's third vision frighten him?

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