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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Lifted Veil?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) George Eliot.

2. Why is Latimer's friend not accepted by society?
(a) Because he is so intelligent.
(b) Because his mother is at a mental hospital.
(c) Because he is poor and ugly.
(d) Because he suffers from schizophrenia.

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

4. When Latimer's father is late for their shopping trip, Latimer has another vision. What does Latimer see in this vision?
(a) A city bathed in light by a rainbow.
(b) A storm with very strong winds and hail.
(c) His father, Mrs. Filmore, and a young blonde woman.
(d) His mother, Mrs. Archer, and an older blonde woman.

5. Who comes to Switzerland to see Latimer during the end of his stay?
(a) Alfred.
(b) His father.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Mrs. Archer

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

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

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

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

10. What happens to Latimer while everyone is visiting Lichtenberg Palace?
(a) He asks Bertha to marry him.
(b) He has one vision of Bertha as his wife.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He has one vision of him killing Alfred.

11. How is the woman with Mrs. Filmore related to her?
(a) An orphaned niece.
(b) Her long-lost daughter.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

12. Why does Latimer initially fall in love with his only love?
(a) Because it is forbidden.
(b) Because he cannot read her mind.
(c) Because he cannot have her.
(d) Because he hates her fiance.

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

14. What does Latimer "see" in his vision of Prague?
(a) A storm approaching.
(b) A city with a long bridge, flanked by statues of saints, over which a castle was looming.
(c) His mother.
(d) A pasture with horses and flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Latimer shut himself in rooms alone?

2. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?

3. What does Latimer decide to do about his first vision in regards to his third vision?

4. What does Latimer compare to his mother's love?

5. How does Bertha treat Latimer in public?

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