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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Heading to classes.
(b) Walking to lunch.
(c) Going to chapel.
(d) Playing at recess.

2. What word best describes Rhoda's tone in Section 1?
(a) Neurotic.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Excited.
(d) Despairing.

3. What word does Louis use to characterize himself in Section 3?
(a) Loquacious.
(b) Average.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Banal.

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

5. Who says, "Now let us issue from the darkness of solitude" at one point in Section 4?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Percival.
(c) Louis.
(d) Neville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?

2. Who repeats variations of the phrase, "I will gather my flowers and present them--Oh! to whom?"

3. What does Bernard describe during his first line of monologue?

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

5. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?

(see the answer key)

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