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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing Virginia truly perceives?
(a) A red-jacketed man fishing under a cloudy sky.
(b) That Vanessa will be a comfort to Leonard.
(c) A blue sky and sparrows.
(d) A man standing on a bridge and looking at her.

2. What is interesting about Richard's lungs?
(a) They are unusually powerful.
(b) They are the only organs to have been touched by the virus.
(c) Their capacity is small.
(d) The virus has not harmed them.

3. Why did Barbara come to New York?
(a) To open a florist shop.
(b) To sing opera.
(c) To escape a disapproving family.
(d) To be near her lover, an opera singer.

4. How does Virginia feel around servants?
(a) At ease. They know their place.
(b) Weak and fumbling.
(c) Superior.
(d) Secretive and guilty.

5. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?
(a) The interplay of light on seaweed and water.
(b) Her fur coat.
(c) The effect of the strong current as it carries her away.
(d) The stripes of green-black weed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura tell Richie she will do today?

2. Where is this chapter set?

3. What does Clarissa say might be a good omen?

4. What does Clarissa urge Richard to do?

5. What is the woman under the arch doing?

(see the answer key)

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