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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. Why does Latimer's father think he was strange?
(a) He is extremely sensitive.
(b) He is extremely loud.
(c) He is very outgoing.
(d) He is very intelligent.

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

3. What does Latimer do following the question about loving him?
(a) Faints.
(b) Apologizes to Bertha.
(c) Kisses Bertha.
(d) Runs away from Bertha.

4. 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 want to become doctors.
(d) They both have "the bumps".

5. What does everyone buy Bertha for her birthday?
(a) Books.
(b) Furs.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Latimer is not with Bertha, what does he do?

2. Who does Latimer describe as sarcastic, cynical, and unimaginative?

3. Where does Alfred invite Latimer to go because it is "the finest thing in the world for low spirits"?

4. How does Bertha treat Latimer in public?

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

(see the answer key)

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