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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Susan doing when she begins her Section 7 monologue?
(a) Playing with her daughters.
(b) Walking with her son in the garden.
(c) Speaking with Bernard.
(d) Alone in her room at Elvedon.

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

3. In Section 8, what happens between Rhoda and Louis?
(a) They agree to get married.
(b) They do not speak to each other.
(c) They fight in private.
(d) They talk and rectify their past differences.

4. At one point in Section 6, Jinny says she is being "flung up, and flung down, like . . ." what?
(a) A ball being played with.
(b) The waves.
(c) A ship in the sea.
(d) A ragdoll.

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

6. Which of the characters begins Section 8?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Louis.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

7. In Section 5, who does Rhoda refer to as "a snob"?
(a) Percival.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Louis.
(d) Neville.

8. In Section 6, who does Susan deride towards the end of her monologue?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Percival.
(d) Neville.

9. According to Section 7, what does Jinny resign herself to being in regards to the rest of her life?
(a) Unafraid.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Excited.
(d) Terrified.

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

11. Who does Bernard decide against comforting in Section 5?
(a) Louis.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Susan.

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

13. In Section 8, who oddly compares herself to a dog?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Susan.
(c) Neville.
(d) Jinny.

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

15. Who is the first speaker in Section 7?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rhoda offer to Percival in Section 5?

2. What two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?

3. In Section 5, how does Bernard describe Percival's presence in the lives of the other characters?

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

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

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