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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is all that Neville possesses?
(a) A bible.
(b) A large trunk.
(c) One bag.
(d) A book of phrases.
2. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) The sun at mid-point in the sky.
(b) Waves on the beach as the sun rises.
(c) A silent forest.
(d) The sun setting.
3. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?
(a) A poet.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) An historian.
(d) A lover.
4. How does Rhoda react to the party in Section 3?
(a) She is excited and confident.
(b) She is nauseous and delirious.
(c) She is bored and disinterested.
(d) She is scared and nervous.
5. What do the characters do upon Percival's arrival in Section 4?
(a) Stand to greet him.
(b) Fall silent.
(c) Stand and leave.
(d) Immediately begin recalling the past.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is the singing of the birds described in Section 3's opening?
2. Which subject do the children appear to have a strong grasp of?
3. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?
4. Who begins Section 3?
5. Who is primarily focused on appearances early in Section 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about displaying the children in school in the novel's first section?
2. Describe the differences in Jinny and Rhoda's experience's while at school in Section 2.
3. How are Jinny and Rhoda characterized in Section 3?
4. Describe the boys' experiences in chapel while at school in Section 2.
5. When the characters change locations in the text, it is not always noticeable. Identify why this is and the effect on the reader.
6. How does the group act differently when Percival arrives in Section 4?
7. Characterize how Louis expresses his differences from Neville and Bernard in Section 3.
8. Why is it relevant that Bernard is the first speaker in Section 4?
9. Why is Bernard's announcement of his engagement in Section 4 significant?
10. What is significant about the opening description to Section 4?
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