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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day does the passage at the beginning of Section 5 describe?
(a) Midday.
(b) Morning.
(c) Late night.
(d) Evening.

2. Which character opens Section 2's monologues?
(a) Louis.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Jinny.

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

4. Who professes that Bernard looks composed?
(a) Susan.
(b) Percival.
(c) Louis.
(d) Neville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is alone, who "is nothing" in Section 4?

2. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?

3. In Section 7, where is Louis's new house?

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

5. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?

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