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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Section 7, where is Louis's new house?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) London.

3. What are the two dominant images of Section 8's introduction?
(a) The nighttime sky and the calm waters.
(b) The waves receding as the sun burns brighter.
(c) Both the waves and the sun are sinking in power.
(d) The sun sinking as the waves become the dominant image.

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

5. Who is most deeply affected by the significant news in Section 5?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Louis.
(d) Rhoda.

6. For how long does Bernard stay where he travels in Section 7?
(a) Ten days.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) Twenty days.

7. In Section 8, who says, "I have been torn apart"?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Jinny.

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

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

10. What does Rhoda offer to Percival in Section 5?
(a) Violets.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Begonias.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which speaker follows Susan in Section 7?

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

3. Where are the characters gathering in Section 8?

4. What does Neville conclude at the end of his Section 6 monologue?

5. Where do we learn Bernard travels to in Section 7?

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