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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. Why do Latimer's servants not answer his bell during his heart attack?
(a) They are choosing to ignore the bell.
(b) They are lovers and left the house arguing.
(c) They hope he will die quicker if they do not respond.
(d) They cannot hear from where they are.

2. Why does Bertha think that Latimer will not "end their marriage"?
(a) He believes in the vows too strongly.
(b) It is not in his nature.
(c) He is too weak to survive without her.
(d) His father is pressuring him to stay in the marriage.

3. Who is a poor orphan with a genius for medical studies and a passion for science?
(a) Alfred.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) Charles Meunier.

4. What does Bertha carry into the library fulfilling an earlier vision?
(a) A flower.
(b) A card.
(c) A candle.
(d) A blanket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Latimer's vision of Prague, what city does Latimer try to "see"?

2. What does Latimer pray to stay with?

3. What time will Latimer begin to feel his impending death come?

4. Where is the narrator sitting during the last moments of life?

5. What does Latimer begin to see as Bertha and Mrs. Archer become closer?

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