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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernard seem to conclude about the necessary requirements for a happy life by the end of the novel?
(a) One does not need friends to find happiness.
(b) It should be lived entirely in-the-moment.
(c) It should be simple.
(d) With financial and intellectual success, you will be happy.

2. What does the italicized prose at the beginning of the first section describe?
(a) The moon rising in the sky.
(b) The clouds covering the sun.
(c) The sun at midday.
(d) A day yet to begin.

3. Which of the characters recognizes themselves as the group's strongest member in Section 5?
(a) Louis.
(b) Neville.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bernard.

4. In Section 9's introduction, what returns to its home?
(a) A worm.
(b) A snake.
(c) A snail.
(d) A spider.

5. Which character closes Section 2?
(a) Percival.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bernard refer to as a "drunken sailor?"

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

3. In Section 3, what common action does Jinny find "strange"?

4. Who is Section 6's last speaker?

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

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