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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cook at school?
(a) Miss Hudson.
(b) Miss Curry.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Miss Lambert.

2. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?
(a) Neville.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Louis.
(d) Susan.

3. In Section 8, what prevents the characters from relaxing around each other?
(a) The absence of Percival.
(b) The lack of food.
(c) The lack of drinks.
(d) The time they have spent apart.

4. What phrase does Susan use to describe her position in life as it is in Section 7?
(a) That she, "divests herself of her authority."
(b) That she is "not one of those who find their satisfaction in one person, or in infinity."
(c) She has "reached the summit of her desires."
(d) That she is, "no longer young. No longer part of the procession."

5. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?
(a) Seasons.
(b) Waves.
(c) Time,
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who professes, without reservation, "Life will divide us"?

2. What is the best way to characterize the tone of Bernard's first Section 8 monologue?

3. What two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?

4. What word best describes Rhoda's tone in Section 1?

5. What "ceremony" does Bernard dislike so much?

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