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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who makes fun of Latimer's poetic nature and ridicules his favorite poems?
(a) Mrs. Filmore.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Bertha.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose birthday gifts does Latimer see Bertha wear to dinner?

2. How does Latimer tell his story?

3. How is Latimer to die?

4. What happens when Latimer realizes that his visions are coming true?

5. Who is the only person that Latimer falls in love with throughout his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mrs. Archer becomes very ill during Charles' stay. What interest does Charles find in her illness?

2. Why, and how, do Bertha and Latimer's social lives change after the wedding?

3. How does Latimer feel about his first vision?

4. What are the circumstances surrounding Latimer and his education in Switzerland?

5. Describe what Latimer's father does before deciding what to do about Latimer's education.

6. What do Latimer and Bertha talk about during their walk?

7. How does Alfred's death change the relationship between Latimer and his father?

8. How does Latimer's ability to read Bertha's mind change their marriage?

9. Describe what happens at Lichtenberg Palace.

10. After their initial meeting, what does Bertha make fun of Latimer for?

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