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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Angina Pectoris.
(c) Depression.
(d) Brain Tumors.

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

3. When will Latimer's story be told?
(a) During the last month of his life.
(b) By someone else on his deathbed.
(c) After his death.
(d) Never.

4. Which character can see their own death?
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) Latimer.
(c) Bertha.
(d) The Father.

5. During his death, Latimer thinks of what natural images?
(a) Mountains, rivers, and valleys.
(b) Ocean, sharks, and storm clouds.
(c) Rainbows, fish, and trees.
(d) Earth, fields, a brook, the rain, and morning light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?

2. Why is Latimer examined by a phrenologist?

3. What is the purpose of the introduction?

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

5. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?

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