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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first of the female speakers in Section 3?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Susan.
(d) Miss Lambert.

2. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Going to chapel.
(b) Walking to lunch.
(c) Playing at recess.
(d) Heading to classes.

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

4. Who instigated the kiss in the garden?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Susan.
(d) Louis.

5. How old is Rhoda in Section 3?
(a) Just turned 25.
(b) Almost 15.
(c) Not yet 21.
(d) Just turned 19.

6. Whose "mind is far too complex to be roused by any single activity"?
(a) Susan.
(b) Louis.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

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

8. Who professes, without reservation, "Life will divide us"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Percival.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

9. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Biddy.

10. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?
(a) With anger and confusion.
(b) With joy and excitement.
(c) By also trying to kiss Louis.
(d) With fear and despair.

11. In Section 3, what common action does Jinny find "strange"?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Crying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Exercising.

12. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?
(a) A poet.
(b) A lover.
(c) An historian.
(d) A philosopher.

13. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Mis Curry.
(c) Miss Hudson.
(d) Mrs. Constable.

14. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?
(a) The character has to finish grammar exercises.
(b) The character has to picked up by an aunt.
(c) The character is considered too sickly.
(d) The character has to go to the playing fields.

15. How does Rhoda react to the party in Section 3?
(a) She is scared and nervous.
(b) She is bored and disinterested.
(c) She is nauseous and delirious.
(d) She is excited and confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Bernard in the beginning of Section 4?

2. What word does Louis use to characterize himself in Section 3?

3. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?

4. Who says, "Now let us issue from the darkness of solitude" at one point in Section 4?

5. Who is this Section 4's opening speaker?

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