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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?
(a) With anger and confusion.
(b) With joy and excitement.
(c) With fear and despair.
(d) By also trying to kiss Louis.

2. What significant fact does the reader learn about Bernard's life early in Section 4?
(a) He is on his way to a funeral.
(b) He is engaged to be married.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He has become famous.

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

4. What is Louis doing upon the commencement of his major monologue in Section 3?
(a) Reading and eating.
(b) Meeting Susan.
(c) Meeting Bernard and Neville.
(d) Writing.

5. Who shifts in his seat in Section 2 so that he might catch a glimpse of Percival?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Dr. Crane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bernard seek to comfort during Section 1?

2. Who kissed Louis in the garden?

3. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?

4. Whose "mind is far too complex to be roused by any single activity"?

5. To what does the narrator compare the sound of the waves at the end of Section 3's beginning?

(see the answer key)

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