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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the effect of the sun's beams at the beginning of Section 5?
(a) They turn everything they touch white.
(b) They burn and destroy what they touch.
(c) They produce a glare off of everything they touch.
(d) They clearly define the objects they touch.

2. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Louis.

3. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?
(a) The estate at Elvedon.
(b) Jinny kissing Louis.
(c) The waves crashing on the beach.
(d) A sermon in church.

4. For how long does Bernard stay where he travels in Section 7?
(a) One month.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Twenty days.
(d) One week.

5. What word does Louis use to characterize himself in Section 3?
(a) Banal.
(b) Average.
(c) Loquacious.
(d) Extraordinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the singing of the birds described in Section 3's opening?

2. To which poet does Bernard compare himself to the point of attempting imitation in Section 3?

3. What significant fact do we learn about Louis's love-life in the course of his major Section 7 monologue?

4. In Section 7, how does the poem which Louis muses on begin?

5. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?

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