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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

3. With what is Neville most unhappy as he appears in Section 4?
(a) That Percival has not yet arrived.
(b) That his food is cold.
(c) That Susan does not love him as he loves her.
(d) That Bernard is rude to him.

4. Who remarks, "The world is entire, and I am outside of it . . ."?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Neville.

5. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?
(a) It is the boys' last day at school.
(b) It is the last day of the boys' first term at school.
(c) It is the boys' first day of their second year at school.
(d) It is the last day of summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the characters doing as their monologues progress in Section 8?

2. Who is the first character to speak?

3. Which of the children struggles with mathematics?

4. What effect does Percival's presence have on the characters when he arrives in Section 4?

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

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