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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?
(a) The death of his father.
(b) His wedding.
(c) The birth of his first child.
(d) Jinny's engagement.

2. What makes Jinny feel "native" in her environment?
(a) A picture on the wall.
(b) The music.
(c) The gaudiness of her surroundings.
(d) The people constantly passing her.

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

4. What is the first speaker musing on at the beginning of Section 3?
(a) The form of waves.
(b) Whether there is an afterlife.
(c) Classical poets.
(d) The nature of identity.

5. As the reader encounters him in Section 7, toward whom does Neville express some resentment or jealousy?
(a) Susan.
(b) Louis.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Rhoda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louis's profession when the reader encounters him in Section 3?

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. According to Section 7, what does Jinny resign herself to being in regards to the rest of her life?

5. Which of the characters recognizes themselves as the group's strongest member in Section 5?

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