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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bertha react to Latimer's question about loving him?
(a) Bertha becomes very hateful and begins to call Latimer names.
(b) Bertha tells Latimer that she is going to tell Alfred what has happened.
(c) Bertha becomes quiet and says nothing.
(d) Bertha jestingly refers to his apparent momentary lapse as a "mad fit".

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

3. What happens after Latimer returns to the room after washing his face?
(a) He sees his dead mother.
(b) He finds that his vision has come true.
(c) He is reunited with Charles.
(d) He meets a new doctor.

4. When will Latimer's story be told?
(a) Never.
(b) After his death.
(c) During the last month of his life.
(d) By someone else on his deathbed.

5. What is the woman's name that comes with Mrs. Filmore to Switzerland?
(a) Mary Filmore.
(b) Bertha Filmore.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) Bertha Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other problems are associated with Latimer's illness?

2. How does Latimer's father think the marriage will change Latimer?

3. Why was the narrator's childhood happy?

4. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?

5. What final piece of evidence does Latimer need to see before he decides if his visions are really true?

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