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

2. What emotion does Eliot want readers to share with Latimer?
(a) His pain.
(b) His love.
(c) His happiness.
(d) His joy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator will die within what time period?

2. What does Latimer remember Prague being like?

3. What did Latimer enjoy reading "by the sly"?

4. What does Latimer "see" in his vision of Prague?

5. At what age does Latimer go to Switzerland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Eliot gives Latimer psychic powers?

2. Explain the events surrounding Latimer's recovery.

3. Why has Latimer not asked Bertha about her feelings for him?

4. How does Latimer hint to his ability to read minds during the walk with Bertha?

5. What does Latimer find interesting about the changes in Bertha and Mrs. Archer's relationship?

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

7. What do readers find out about what Latimer will go though throughout his life?

8. How does Latimer tell his story?

9. Why is Latimer attracted to Bertha?

10. Describe the events surrounding Mrs. Archer's death.

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