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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He does not believe that humanity has sympathy for the living.
(d) Alfred already told everyone Latimer's story.

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

3. Why does Latimer like running water?
(a) Because it has melted from the mountains.
(b) Because it is beautiful.
(c) Because it goes where it wishes.
(d) Because he knows why it runs.

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

5. What did Latimer enjoy reading "by the sly"?
(a) Plutarch, Shakespere, and Don Quixote.
(b) Milton, Pluto, and Descartes.
(c) James, Freud, and Moore.
(d) Poe, Chaucer, and Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image is Latimer obsessed with?

2. Why does Latimer's father think he was strange?

3. What is Latimer's first hatred?

4. Why is Latimer examined by a phrenologist?

5. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?

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