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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. Which of the characters recognizes themselves as the group's strongest member in Section 5?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Susan.

2. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?
(a) Susan.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters begins Section 8?

2. What is the dominant feature of the monologues during the middle of Section 8?

3. To what kind of historical figures does Louis compare himself in Section 6?

4. What about her life is Jinny bemoaning when she begins her monologue in Section 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the characters doing at the beginning of Section 8, and why is that important?

3. Which image becomes more dominant in Section 8's introductory vignette, and what do you think it signifies?

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

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

6. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

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

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

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

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

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