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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. Who is the only person that Latimer falls in love with throughout his life?
(a) Mrs. Filmore.
(b) Mrs. Archer.
(c) A servant.
(d) Bertha.

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

3. What does Alfred ask Bertha while they are walking?
(a) Why she is planning on running away.
(b) How she could love Alfred.
(c) How she could love their father.
(d) If she believes in being able to see the future.

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

5. What does Latimer compare his arrival in Switzerland to?
(a) The entrance to heaven.
(b) The gates of hell.
(c) His homeland.
(d) The worst moments of his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bertha believe would happen to Latimer once they were married?

2. Which character can see their own death?

3. After returning home from his walk with Bertha, what does Latimer learn?

4. What does Latimer's father's sorrow crush in him?

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

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