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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?
(a) As a mediator.
(b) As spiritual.
(c) As a conductor.
(d) As didactic.

2. When Neville hears the significant news in Section 5, to what does he compare it?
(a) The end of his life.
(b) The kiss between Jinny and Louis.
(c) The loss of a family member.
(d) Waking from a dream.

3. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?
(a) Jinny's house.
(b) Neville's flat.
(c) Susan's home.
(d) Louis' office.

4. Who is the next speaker in Section 7?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

5. On what street is Rhoda walking when the reader encounters her in Section 5?
(a) Comstock Hill.
(b) Strawberry Hill.
(c) Hampton Court.
(d) Oxford Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?

2. What time of day does the passage at the beginning of Section 5 describe?

3. In Section 7, which two people does Susan name as those she "thinks sometimes of"?

4. Which of the speakers expresses an appreciation for natural beauty in Section 3?

5. What is the effect of the sun's beams at the beginning of Section 5?

(see the answer key)

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