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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 two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?
(a) Indifference and depression.
(b) Contentment and joy.
(c) Anger and resentment.
(d) Aggressiveness and anger.

2. Who is Section 6's last speaker?
(a) Neville.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

3. By the end of Section 6, what can we say for sure about Neville's feelings towards Percival?
(a) That he was in love with Percival.
(b) That Percival confused him.
(c) That he hated Percival.
(d) That he felt Percival unduely held a position of high-regard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?

3. What should the reader infer that Rhoda is thinking about at the end of her Section 7 monologue?

4. Who is the next speaker in Section 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The first thing the reader learns in Section 5 is that Percival has died. How did he die, and who does it seem to have the strongest effect on?

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

7. Characterize the way Bernard appears in Section 5.

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

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

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

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