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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Latimer compare to his mother's love?
(a) The wildlife.
(b) The trees, the stars, and the flowers.
(c) The valleys and the rivers.
(d) The sky, mountain tops, and the blue water.

2. Who joins Latimer and the others at Basel?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Bertha.
(c) His father.
(d) Mrs. Archer.

3. What does everyone buy Bertha for her birthday?
(a) Books.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Furs.
(d) Gold.

4. What is another reason that Latimer thinks Bertha will not marry Alfred?
(a) Because she has plans to leave and travel the world.
(b) Because she wants to become a doctor.
(c) Because she secretly ridicules Alfred.
(d) Beacuse she has already accepted to marry someone else.

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

6. What does Latimer pray to stay with?
(a) His wife.
(b) The unknown.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

8. Who leaves the room during Latimer's vision of Prague?
(a) The servants.
(b) Alfred.
(c) His father.
(d) Bertha.

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

10. What happens when his father begins to speak during Latimer's second vision?
(a) Latimer faints.
(b) Everyone dies.
(c) Everyone disappears.
(d) His mother comes back to life.

11. What does Bertha keep on her gold chain?
(a) Alfred's ring.
(b) A locket from her mother.
(c) A cross.
(d) Latimer's ring.

12. What does Latimer's new talent show in others?
(a) Their fear of Latimer.
(b) Their appreciation of Latimer.
(c) Their pettiness.
(d) Their love for Bertha.

13. Who does Latimer describe as sarcastic, cynical, and unimaginative?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Mrs. Filmore.
(c) Mrs. Archer.
(d) The servant.

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

15. What is the name of Latimer's older half-brother?
(a) Archer.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Allen.
(d) Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Latimer meet in Switzerland?

2. What is the name of Latimer's neighbors that come to Switzerland?

3. Why is Latimer's friend not accepted by society?

4. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?

5. When will Latimer's story be told?

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