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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Latimer's father's death, Latimer finds out what Bertha really think about him. What does she think about Latimer?
(a) She thinks of him as a weak, silly man and always had.
(b) She loves him more than he could ever imagine.
(c) She hates him and always has.
(d) She finds him strong and intelligent.

2. What does Latimer tell the two nurses about the operation?
(a) He ignored them being in the room.
(b) He told them the truth about the blood transfusion.
(c) That Charles was unsure of the death and an operation needed to be performed.
(d) Nothing...he dismissed them and they left.

3. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?
(a) His pain.
(b) His love.
(c) His joy.
(d) His happiness.

4. What is Latimer's primary goal against his rival?
(a) Murder his rival.
(b) Gain Bertha's attention.
(c) Gain Mrs. Filmore's attention.
(d) Gain his father's attention.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moments in Switzerland did Latimer never feel alone?

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

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

4. What time of year does Bertha get married?

5. What happens to Latimer's father shortly after Latimer's marriage to Bertha?

(see the answer key)

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