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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, generally, does the speaker detail in Section 9?
(a) Primarily his schooling.
(b) Percival's death.
(c) His life, from childhood to old age.
(d) The relationships with women he has had.

2. According to Bernard in Section 9, what is "the enemy"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Death.
(d) Betrayal.

3. In Section 7, which two people does Susan name as those she "thinks sometimes of"?
(a) Neville and Percival.
(b) Jinny and Rhoda.
(c) Percival and Rhoda.
(d) Bernard and Louis.

4. What two things are "indistinguishable" at the beginning of Section 9?
(a) Waves and sand.
(b) Sand and rock.
(c) Soil and grass.
(d) Sky and sea.

5. What makes Jinny feel "native" in her environment?
(a) The people constantly passing her.
(b) A picture on the wall.
(c) The music.
(d) The gaudiness of her surroundings.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Bernard stay where he travels in Section 7?

2. Who asserts, "The words of authority are corrupted by those who speak them"?

3. To what does the narrator compare the sound of the waves at the end of Section 3's beginning?

4. Whose Section 6 monologue features a musing on the passing of seasons?

5. Who is enamored with the light caused by Miss Lambert's ring?

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