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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Latimer and Charles get along so well?
(a) Latimer shares his understanding of isolation.
(b) Latimer takes pity on him.
(c) They both have "the bumps".
(d) They both want to become doctors.

2. What does Latimer "see" in his vision of Prague?
(a) A city with a long bridge, flanked by statues of saints, over which a castle was looming.
(b) A storm approaching.
(c) A pasture with horses and flowers.
(d) His mother.

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

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

5. The narrator will die within what time period?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Latimer tell his story?

2. What image is Latimer obsessed with?

3. Who does Latimer trust?

4. What happens after Latimer returns to the room after washing his face?

5. What happens when Latimer realizes that his visions are coming true?

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