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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Bernard seek to comfort during Section 1?
(a) Susan.
(b) Neville.
(c) Louis.
(d) Jinny.

2. Who is the first of the female speakers in Section 3?
(a) Susan.
(b) Miss Lambert.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Rhoda.

3. To which poet does Bernard compare himself to the point of attempting imitation in Section 3?
(a) John Keats.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) Robert Burns.
(d) Lord Byron.

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

5. Which of the speakers expresses an appreciation for natural beauty in Section 3?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Neville.
(c) Susan.
(d) Rhoda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to pick up Rhoda at the end of Section 1?

2. Who does Bernard decide against comforting in Section 5?

3. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?

4. Who tells Rhoda in Section 1 that someone has arrived to pick her up?

5. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?

(see the answer key)

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