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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Virginia describe Ralph?
(a) As daring.
(b) As handsome and callow.
(c) As a handsome ditherer.
(d) As handsome but amoral.

2. What does Leonard worship above all else?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Accompaniment.

3. What world does Laura feel she now inhabits?
(a) A twilight zone of London in the twenties.
(b) A world away from the mundane.
(c) A twilight world of Los Angeles smog.
(d) A holistic zone of healing.

4. What is the very long chapter in Richard's novel concerned with?
(a) The uses of sandpaper.
(b) A woman shopping for nail polish.
(c) A meditation over the breaking of an egg.
(d) A woman giving birth.

5. What annoys Leonard?
(a) Ralph's poetry.
(b) Barbara's voice.
(c) The errors he finds on the proof pages.
(d) Virginia's not finishing her writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?

2. What jewelry is Laura wearing?

3. What does Virginia fear?

4. What is little Richie's response to his mother's return?

5. What is unusual about Clarissa and Sally?

(see the answer key)

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