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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 does Latimer compare his arrival in Switzerland to?
(a) His homeland.
(b) The gates of hell.
(c) The worst moments of his life.
(d) The entrance to heaven.

2. How does Latimer tell his story?
(a) Through picture framing.
(b) Through flashbacks.
(c) Through diary analysis.
(d) Through dream interpretation.

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

4. Why is Latimer lonely in Switzerland?
(a) He thinks people will make fun of his sensitivity.
(b) He thinks people will make fun of his accent.
(c) He gets into a lot of fights.
(d) He thinks people are making fun of the bumps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Latimer in Switzerland?

2. What does Latimer's father do for a living?

3. What does Latimer pray to stay with?

4. How does Bertha treat Latimer in private?

5. What is the affliction that the narrator suffers from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Latimer's father.

2. Why is Latimer struggling with his feelings for Bertha and their pending engagement?

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

4. Why is Latimer attracted to Bertha?

5. Describe Charles Meunier.

6. What does Latimer know about his death?

7. Who is Latimer?

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

9. Describe Mrs. Archer and her relationship with Bertha.

10. What do readers learn about Latimer's psychic powers?

(see the answer keys)

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