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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 do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?
(a) That he is having an affair with Jinny.
(b) That he is having an affair with Rhoda.
(c) That he has moved in with Susan.
(d) That he and Neville have begun an affair.

2. In Section 5, who does Rhoda refer to as "a snob"?
(a) Louis.
(b) Percival.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Neville.

3. What is the best way to characterize the tone of Bernard's first Section 8 monologue?
(a) Angry.
(b) Elated.
(c) Uneasy or anxious.
(d) Depressed.

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

5. What does Neville conclude at the end of his Section 6 monologue?
(a) That Percival had no effect on him.
(b) That, despite his love for Percival, he could find another man to love.
(c) That he will commit suicide.
(d) That Percival's death has paralyzed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?

2. What are the two dominant images of Section 8's introduction?

3. Who "gape[s] like a young bird, unsatisfied, for something that has escaped me" in Section 8?

4. On what street is Rhoda walking when the reader encounters her in Section 5?

5. In Section 6, who does Susan deride towards the end of her monologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Characterize Neville's state of mind as he appears at the end of Section 6.

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Bernard's role change in Section 8, and what evidence do you have to support that?

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

9. In Section 6, we encounter the three character who were omitted from the previous section. Describe their places in life at this point.

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

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