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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Latimer decide to do about his first vision in regards to his third vision?
(a) Ignore them and let fate lead the way.
(b) Nothing at all; he really did not believe in them.
(c) If his vision of Prague turned out to be true, he would kill Alfred.
(d) If his vision of Prague turned out to be true, he would ask her about her feelings.

3. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?
(a) To allow the story to be catagorized under Science Fiction.
(b) To show readers that Latimer is crazy.
(c) Because he wants readers to experience the story as though they were the one dying.
(d) To make the story more believable.

4. What age was the narrator when his mother died?
(a) Four or five.
(b) Nine or ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven or eight.

5. Why did Latimer's time in Switzerland end?
(a) His half-brother died.
(b) He contracted a severe illness.
(c) He died.
(d) He finished school.

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

7. What final piece of evidence does Latimer need to see before he decides if his visions are really true?
(a) The patch of rainbow light in the shape of a star on the pavement.
(b) The bridge and archway.
(c) The row of trees and multi-colored birds.
(d) The storm clouds.

8. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?
(a) He does not believe that humanity has sympathy for the living.
(b) He doesn't think anyone will believe it.
(c) Alfred already told everyone Latimer's story.
(d) He doesn't want sympathy in life.

9. When will Latimer's story be told?
(a) By someone else on his deathbed.
(b) During the last month of his life.
(c) Never.
(d) After his death.

10. Where did the bond between Charles and Latimer come from?
(a) The intellect shared between them.
(b) A shared illness.
(c) The community of feeling.
(d) The attractiveness of both boys.

11. At what age does Latimer go to Switzerland?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

12. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?
(a) Mrs. Archer.
(b) No one.
(c) Bertha.
(d) His father.

13. What kind of writing is The Lifted Veil?
(a) An epic poem.
(b) A graphic novel.
(c) A biography.
(d) A novella.

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

15. What does Latimer buy Bertha for her birthday?
(a) A book by Shakespeare.
(b) A ruby.
(c) An opal.
(d) A mink wrap.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bertha treat Latimer in public?

2. What does Latimer compare his arrival in Switzerland to?

3. How does Bertha treat Latimer in private?

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

5. Why does Latimer's third vision frighten him?

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