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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 after Latimer returns to the room after washing his face?
(a) He is reunited with Charles.
(b) He finds that his vision has come true.
(c) He sees his dead mother.
(d) He meets a new doctor.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Latimer read in secret?

2. When the narrator rings the bell during the last moments of life, who comes in to help?

3. Why has Latimer never told anyone his story?

4. What will the narrator die from?

5. What is the purpose of the introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Latimer plan to do if his vision of Prague is proved to be true?

2. Why does Latimer's father keep him at a distance?

3. What differences are there between Latimer's childhood and his life as an adult?

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

5. Describe Latimer's second vision.

6. After reading Bertha's mind, what does Latimer find out about her true feelings about him?

7. Why is Latimer attracted to Bertha?

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

9. What does Latimer know about his death?

10. How does Latimer tell his story?

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