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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?
(a) Louis and Rhoda.
(b) Neville and Jinny.
(c) Jinny and Susan.
(d) Susan and Rhoda.

2. What do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?
(a) That he is having an affair with Rhoda.
(b) That he and Neville have begun an affair.
(c) That he has moved in with Susan.
(d) That he is having an affair with Jinny.

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

4. How does Rhoda react to the party in Section 3?
(a) She is nauseous and delirious.
(b) She is bored and disinterested.
(c) She is excited and confident.
(d) She is scared and nervous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children doing as the novel begins?

2. How would you characterize Neville's attitude as he waits for the others to arrive in Section 4?

3. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?

4. Who "only understands cries of love, hate, rage and pain"?

5. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?

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