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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?
(a) Jinny kissing Louis.
(b) The waves crashing on the beach.
(c) The estate at Elvedon.
(d) A sermon in church.

2. What effect does Percival's presence have on the characters when he arrives in Section 4?
(a) It confuses them.
(b) It calms them.
(c) It causes them to leave.
(d) It enrages them.

3. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?
(a) The character has to go to the playing fields.
(b) The character has to picked up by an aunt.
(c) The character is considered too sickly.
(d) The character has to finish grammar exercises.

4. Who is not permitted to go on the walk?
(a) Louis.
(b) Neville.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Susan.

5. When he is alone, who "is nothing" in Section 4?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refers to all the happenings as "scuffling and hubbub"?

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

3. Who is primarily focused on appearances early in Section 2?

4. After reading the opening to Section 4, about what time of day is it?

5. Who asserts, "The words of authority are corrupted by those who speak them"?

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