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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lifted Veil?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

2. What does Latimer remember Prague being like?
(a) A city that brings only fear and hatred.
(b) A cold and dark place.
(c) A long row of trees with muiti-colored birds in the branches.
(d) A patch of rainbow light on the pavement, transmitted through a colored lamp in the shape of a star.

3. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?
(a) Because he wants readers to experience the story as though they were the one dying.
(b) To make the story more believable.
(c) To show readers that Latimer is crazy.
(d) To allow the story to be catagorized under Science Fiction.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?

2. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?

3. What does Latimer read in secret?

4. Why is Latimer lonely in Switzerland?

5. How does Latimer feel about what is revealed to him when he uses his second psychic ability?

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