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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?
(a) That Neville has moved.
(b) That Bernard is divorced.
(c) That Percival has died.
(d) That Jinny is married.

2. When Neville hears the significant news in Section 5, to what does he compare it?
(a) The kiss between Jinny and Louis.
(b) Waking from a dream.
(c) The loss of a family member.
(d) The end of his life.

3. What is the dominant feature of the monologues during the middle of Section 8?
(a) Only Susan and Neville speak.
(b) Only Rhoda and Percival speak.
(c) Bernard speaks alone.
(d) There is constant interplay.

4. To where does Percival travel from England?
(a) To Australia.
(b) To India.
(c) To America.
(d) To Africa.

5. What are the children doing as the novel begins?
(a) Going to bed.
(b) Saying grace before dinner.
(c) Playing in the garden.
(d) Waking up.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Section 6, what can we say for sure about Neville's feelings towards Percival?

2. How does Rhoda characterize herself at the end of Section 3?

3. In Section 2, Miss Lambert sits under a picture of whom?

4. Which of the speakers expresses an appreciation for natural beauty in Section 3?

5. What do the characters do upon Percival's arrival in Section 4?

(see the answer key)

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