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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) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Susan.
(d) Louis.

2. Who is the first speaker in Section 7?
(a) Susan.
(b) Neville.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Rhoda.

3. Who notices the hand-holding between two characters in Section 8?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

4. Where do we learn Bernard travels to in Section 7?
(a) Venice.
(b) Rome.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Indian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Section 6, what can we say for sure about Neville's feelings towards Percival?

2. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?

3. Which of the characters begins Section 8?

4. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

9. Describe how Jinny appears in Section 6.

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

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