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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Because he wants readers to experience the story as though they were the one dying.
(d) To make the story more believable.

2. What is the name of Latimer's neighbors that come to Switzerland?
(a) The Filmores.
(b) The Mores.
(c) The Archers.
(d) The Eliots.

3. Why is Latimer examined by a phrenologist?
(a) Because Latimer keeps getting sick.
(b) Because Latimer has many bumps on his head.
(c) Because Latimer cannot eat.
(d) Becasue Latimer cannot sleep.

4. After his vision, who does Latimer ask to go find his father?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Mrs. Filmore
(c) No one.
(d) Pierre.

5. Why was the narrator's childhood happy?
(a) Because the narrator lived near the mountains.
(b) Because the narrator did not have supernatural powers yet.
(c) Because the narrator received a horse as a present.
(d) Because the narrator's mother was dead.

6. What image is Latimer obsessed with?
(a) Light.
(b) Daybreak.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Shadow.

7. The narrator will die within what time period?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

8. Where does Latimer's father take him everyday?
(a) Riding.
(b) To poetry readings.
(c) To the doctor.
(d) To the movies.

9. How is Latimer to die?
(a) Cold and alone.
(b) With only his servants by his side.
(c) With only his wife by his side.
(d) Surrounded by family.

10. What is one reason that Latimer thinks Bertha will never marry Alfred?
(a) Because she is already secretly married.
(b) Because she is very sick and will not make it to the wedding day.
(c) Because she loves their father.
(d) Because their engagement is not formal.

11. After Latimer's vision of Prague, what city does Latimer try to "see"?
(a) Italy.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Venice.
(d) New Zealand.

12. What does Latimer read in secret?
(a) Comics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Maps.
(d) Music books.

13. Why do Latimer's servants not answer his bell during his heart attack?
(a) They are choosing to ignore the bell.
(b) They hope he will die quicker if they do not respond.
(c) They are lovers and left the house arguing.
(d) They cannot hear from where they are.

14. Why does Latimer like running water?
(a) Because it has melted from the mountains.
(b) Because it is beautiful.
(c) Because it goes where it wishes.
(d) Because he knows why it runs.

15. 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".

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Latimer in Switzerland?

2. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?

3. What happens when Latimer's father agrees to take him shopping?

4. Who comes to Switzerland to see Latimer during the end of his stay?

5. Who joins Latimer and the others at Basel?

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