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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What affliction did the narrator suffer from as a child?
(a) Hemophilia.
(b) Seizures.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Blindness.

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

3. The first-person narrator and the main character of the story is _________.
(a) Latimer.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) The Father.

4. What happens when Latimer's father agrees to take him shopping?
(a) His father never comes.
(b) His mother shows up instead.
(c) His father is late.
(d) Alfred meets him instead.

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

6. While at Basel, who does Latimer begin to hate more than anyone else?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Bertha.
(d) His father.

7. What will the narrator die from?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Poison.
(d) A brain aneurysm.

8. Who does Latimer enjoy traveling with?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Charles Meunier.
(d) Mrs. Archer.

9. Why does Latimer shut himself in rooms alone?
(a) To make plans to kill Alfred.
(b) To dream of Bertha uninterrupted.
(c) To sabotage the wedding.
(d) To write about his death.

10. What happens as Latimer's ability to read minds becomes stronger?
(a) He starts having more visions.
(b) He starts reading Bertha's mind.
(c) He stops having visions.
(d) He aquires the ability to place thoughts into other's heads.

11. What does Latimer remember Prague being like?
(a) A city that brings only fear and hatred.
(b) A patch of rainbow light on the pavement, transmitted through a colored lamp in the shape of a star.
(c) A long row of trees with muiti-colored birds in the branches.
(d) A cold and dark place.

12. When Latimer "awakens" from his vision of Prague, what does he begin to do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Runs from the house.
(c) Cry.
(d) Question his mental state.

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

14. How does Latimer feel about what is revealed to him when he uses his second psychic ability?
(a) It makes him happy.
(b) It makes him feel loved.
(c) It provokes him.
(d) It revolts him.

15. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?
(a) Angina Pectoris.
(b) Brain Tumors.
(c) Depression.
(d) Psychosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Latimer initially fall in love with his only love?

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

3. Why was the narrator's childhood happy?

4. How is the woman with Mrs. Filmore related to her?

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

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