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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What final piece of evidence does Latimer need to see before he decides if his visions are really true?
(a) The patch of rainbow light in the shape of a star on the pavement.
(b) The row of trees and multi-colored birds.
(c) The storm clouds.
(d) The bridge and archway.

2. What happens to Latimer when his father is talking about the places they will go visit in the chapter, "Changes"?
(a) He gets a vision.
(b) He has a seizure.
(c) He looks out the window.
(d) He passes out.

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

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

5. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) No one.
(c) His father.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Latimer compare his arrival in Switzerland to?

2. While Bertha and Latimer are walking the grounds at home, what does Bertha tell Latimer about her love for Alfred?

3. What is another reason that Latimer does not think the wedding will take place?

4. When will Latimer's story be told?

5. What is the name of Latimer's neighbors that come to Switzerland?

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