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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the characters appears most able to move on from the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Louis.
(d) Jinny.

3. In Section 8, who contends that the characters have "destroyed something by our presence"?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Louis.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

4. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?
(a) Susan.
(b) Neville.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Rhoda.

5. Where do we learn Bernard travels to in Section 7?
(a) Venice.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Rome.
(d) Indian.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. In Section 7, which two people does Susan name as those she "thinks sometimes of"?
(a) Jinny and Rhoda.
(b) Percival and Rhoda.
(c) Bernard and Louis.
(d) Neville and Percival.

11. Who is holding Louis's hand in Section 8?
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Jinny.

12. Where do we find the sun at the beginning of Section 7?
(a) "Lower in the sky."
(b) "Low in the sky."
(c) "Lowest in the sky."
(d) "High in the sky."

13. What time is it when Bernard begins his last monologue of Section 8?
(a) Nearly bed-time.
(b) Very early in the morning.
(c) Midday.
(d) Very late at night.

14. What two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?
(a) Anger and resentment.
(b) Aggressiveness and anger.
(c) Contentment and joy.
(d) Indifference and depression.

15. Who is Section 6's last speaker?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Neville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?

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

3. What time of day does the passage at the beginning of Section 5 describe?

4. What phrase does Susan use to describe her position in life as it is in Section 7?

5. In Section 8, what happens between Rhoda and Louis?

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