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

2. Who is Bertha Grant engaged to?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Latimer.
(c) Latimer's father.
(d) Mrs. Filmore's son.

3. Who is killed during a hunting accident?
(a) Latimer's father.
(b) Latimer.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Alfred.

4. Why does Latimer choose this specific gift for Bertha's birthday?
(a) It has deep symbolic meaning.
(b) He could only afford the wrap and not the coat.
(c) He knew she loves Shakespeare.
(d) It was expensive.

5. What has changed in the relationship between Alfred and Bertha upon returning home?
(a) They are formally engaged.
(b) Bertha and Latimer are engaged.
(c) Nothing has changed.
(d) They have decided not to get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Latimer's "powers" during Mrs. Archer's stay?

2. What does Latimer buy Bertha for her birthday?

3. What does Latimer's father do for a living?

4. After their marriage, why are Bertha and Latimer rarely alone?

5. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.

(see the answer key)

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