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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Miss Lambert.

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

3. Who is this Section 4's opening speaker?
(a) Louis.
(b) Percival.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Bernard.

4. Who says, "Now let us issue from the darkness of solitude" at one point in Section 4?
(a) Louis.
(b) Percival.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

5. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?
(a) "Barely audible."
(b) "Like the chiming of bells."
(c) "A disruptive cacophony."
(d) "A blank melody outside."

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

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

8. Who refers to "sudden kisses" as a "crudity"?
(a) Louis.
(b) Neville.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bernard.

9. Who does Bernard refer to as a "drunken sailor?"
(a) Neville.
(b) Percival.
(c) Dr. Crane.
(d) Louis.

10. Who "only understands cries of love, hate, rage and pain"?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Susan.
(d) Rhoda.

11. Who is the first character to speak?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Louis.
(d) Jinny.

12. What is Bernard doing at the beginning of Section 3?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Talking to Percival.
(d) Meeting Susan.

13. In what city is Bernard in the beginning of Section 4?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Leeds.
(c) London.
(d) Ipswich.

14. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?
(a) Jinny and Susan.
(b) Neville and Jinny.
(c) Susan and Rhoda.
(d) Louis and Rhoda.

15. Who kissed Louis in the garden?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Susan.
(d) Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After reading the opening to Section 4, about what time of day is it?

3. What word best describes Rhoda's tone in Section 1?

4. Who is fond of the "orderly progress" exhibited by the schoolboys?

5. How is the singing of the birds described in Section 3's opening?

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