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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should the reader infer that Rhoda is thinking about at the end of her Section 7 monologue?
(a) Bearing children.
(b) Suicide/Death.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Falling in love.

2. Where are the characters gathering in Section 8?
(a) A restaurant in Hampton Court.
(b) Neville's home in Liverpool.
(c) A cafe in London.
(d) Louis' home in Surrey.

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

4. How old is Jinny when the reader encounters her in Section 6?
(a) "Just forty."
(b) "Nearly thirty-five."
(c) "Not yet thirty."
(d) "Past thirty."

5. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Neville.
(c) Louis.
(d) Susan.

6. In Section 8, when does Bernard arrive in relation to the other characters?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Last.
(d) Fourth.

7. To what kind of historical figures does Louis compare himself in Section 6?
(a) Romantic poets.
(b) Classical philosophers.
(c) Roman consuls.
(d) Members of parliament.

8. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Write.
(c) Read.
(d) Talk.

9. What separates Neville's monologue from the others in Section 6?
(a) He is least troubled by Percival's death.
(b) He is least aware of aging.
(c) He is the most content of any of the characters.
(d) He is most aware of aging.

10. In Section 5, Neville struggles to accomplish what simple act?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Getting out of bed.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Climbing stairs.

11. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?
(a) As spiritual.
(b) As a mediator.
(c) As a conductor.
(d) As didactic.

12. Who notices the hand-holding between two characters in Section 8?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Bernard.

13. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Louis.
(d) Neville.

14. What about her life is Jinny bemoaning when she begins her monologue in Section 7?
(a) That she cannot find a husband.
(b) That she has aged.
(c) That she cannot bear children.
(d) That she has grown fat.

15. What is the effect of the sun's beams at the beginning of Section 5?
(a) They produce a glare off of everything they touch.
(b) They turn everything they touch white.
(c) They clearly define the objects they touch.
(d) They burn and destroy what they touch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters begins Section 8?

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

3. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?

4. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?

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

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