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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) The sun setting.
(b) A silent forest.
(c) The sun at mid-point in the sky.
(d) Waves on the beach as the sun rises.

2. Who refers to all the happenings as "scuffling and hubbub"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Louis.
(d) Bernard.

3. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Biddy.

4. Who asserts, "The words of authority are corrupted by those who speak them"?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Percival.
(c) Neville.
(d) Louis.

5. Who is picking flowers alone in the novel's first section?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Susan.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?

2. Who asserts, "One moment does not lead to another" in Section 4?

3. Which of the children struggles with mathematics?

4. What does Bernard acknowledge about his and the other boys' first night at school?

5. Who decides to "put off my hopeless desire to be Susan, to be Jinny"?

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