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

2. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?
(a) Jinny's house.
(b) Susan's home.
(c) Neville's flat.
(d) Louis' office.

3. What significant fact do we learn about Susan's life in Section 6?
(a) That she had an affair with Percival.
(b) That she is in love with Louis.
(c) That she has a baby.
(d) That she is dying.

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

5. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?
(a) The birth of his first child.
(b) The death of his father.
(c) His wedding.
(d) Jinny's engagement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?

2. At one point in Section 6, Jinny says she is being "flung up, and flung down, like . . ." what?

3. In Section 8, who oddly compares herself to a dog?

4. Which speaker follows Susan in Section 7?

5. In Section 8, who says, "I have been torn apart"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is most notable about Section 5's opening description and why?

2. How is Section 6's opening description distinct, and what should the reader expect from the rest of the section?

3. What in particular separates Section 7 from the prior two sections, and why is that significant?

4. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

5. Describe how the characters feel during the dinner they share in Section 8.

6. How does the structure of Section 5 parallel the development of the characters?

7. Why does Bernard travel to Rome in Section 7?

8. Why doesn't Percival's death have a strong effect on Bernard in Section 5?

9. Elaborate on what Rhoda identifies as the problems the characters have faced in their lives in Section 8.

10. What is significant about how Rhoda appears in Section 7?

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