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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Susan use to describe her position in life as it is in Section 7?
(a) That she is "not one of those who find their satisfaction in one person, or in infinity."
(b) That she, "divests herself of her authority."
(c) That she is, "no longer young. No longer part of the procession."
(d) She has "reached the summit of her desires."

2. Who remarks, "The world is entire, and I am outside of it . . ."?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Neville.

3. 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.

4. What is Louis's profession when the reader encounters him in Section 3?
(a) Poet.
(b) Chef.
(c) Banker.
(d) Clerk.

5. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?
(a) She does not mention the children she has.
(b) She does not mention any of the other characters.
(c) She speaks solely about herself and Percival.
(d) She speaks in iambic pentameter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neville conclude at the end of his Section 6 monologue?

2. Who kissed Louis in the garden?

3. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?

4. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?

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

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