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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Talk.
(c) Write.
(d) Read.

2. Who utters Section 4's final words, "Now Percival is gone"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Rhoda.

3. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?
(a) As a girl.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a lover.
(d) As a fighter.

4. To which poet does Bernard compare himself to the point of attempting imitation in Section 3?
(a) Robert Burns.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) John Keats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?

2. How does Jinny characterize her social life as it is in Section 6?

3. What effect does Percival's presence have on the characters when he arrives in Section 4?

4. Which subject do the children appear to have a strong grasp of?

5. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?

(see the answer key)

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