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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age does Latimer go to Switzerland?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

2. What does Latimer pray to stay with?
(a) The unknown.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

3. Who does Latimer trust?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Only Bertha.
(c) No one.
(d) Only his father.

4. What is the purpose of the introduction?
(a) Give readers a complete history on brain tumors.
(b) Give background on Mrs. Archer.
(c) Tell readers about the joy of life.
(d) Introduce readers to Latimer.

5. What age was the narrator when his mother died?
(a) Four or five.
(b) Nine or ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven or eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?

2. What kind of writing is The Lifted Veil?

3. What will the narrator die from?

4. Who does Latimer meet in Switzerland?

5. Why do Latimer's servants not answer his bell during his heart attack?

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