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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. On what street is Rhoda walking when the reader encounters her in Section 5?
(a) Comstock Hill.
(b) Oxford Street.
(c) Strawberry Hill.
(d) Hampton Court.

2. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Time,
(c) Waves.
(d) Seasons.

3. As the reader encounters him in Section 7, toward whom does Neville express some resentment or jealousy?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Susan.
(d) Rhoda.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant fact do we learn about Susan's life in Section 6?

2. What is the best way to characterize the tone of Bernard's first Section 8 monologue?

3. In Section 7, how does the poem which Louis muses on begin?

4. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?

5. What is Susan doing when she begins her Section 7 monologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the way the birds are depicted in Section 7's introduction?

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

3. Describe the way Louis is characterized in Section 7.

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

5. What do the characters do after they leave the restaurant in Section 8, and what happens then?

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

7. Why is it significant that Bernard is not the first speaker in Section 5?

8. Describe how Susan appears in Section 6.

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

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

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