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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. Where does the second part of The Lifted Veil start?
(a) Munich.
(b) England.
(c) Prague.
(d) Switzerland.

2. What is the name of Latimer's older half-brother?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Allen.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Archer.

3. Why does Latimer resent Alfred's invitations to accompany him anywhere?
(a) Because Latimer knew that Alfred intended to kill him.
(b) Becasue Latimer knew that Alfred only did it because Bertha asked him to.
(c) Because Latimer knew that Alfred only did it because their father asked him to.
(d) Because he felt it betrayed Alfred's narrowness and conceit since Alfred evidently could not understand Latimer's suffering.

4. What happens to Latimer's "powers" during Mrs. Archer's stay?
(a) They began to get stronger.
(b) They stayed the same.
(c) They began to weaken.
(d) They could only be used on certain people again.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bertha believe would happen to Latimer once they were married?

3. What does Latimer's new talent show in others?

4. What sorrow finally allowed Latimer to feel sympathy towards his father?

5. Who joins Latimer and the others at Basel?

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