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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 Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?
(a) A poet.
(b) A lover.
(c) An historian.
(d) A philosopher.

2. What is Susan doing when she begins her Section 7 monologue?
(a) Walking with her son in the garden.
(b) Speaking with Bernard.
(c) Playing with her daughters.
(d) Alone in her room at Elvedon.

3. In Section 2, Miss Lambert sits under a picture of whom?
(a) Queen Alexandra.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) King James I.

4. According to Section 7, what does Jinny resign herself to being in regards to the rest of her life?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Unafraid.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Excited.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rhoda react to the party in Section 3?

2. Who refers to "sudden kisses" as a "crudity"?

3. What phrase does Susan use to describe her position in life as it is in Section 7?

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

5. What are the characters doing as their monologues progress in Section 8?

(see the answer key)

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