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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does George Eliot give Latimer psychic powers?
(a) To make the story more believable.
(b) Because he wants readers to experience the story as though they were the one dying.
(c) To show readers that Latimer is crazy.
(d) To allow the story to be catagorized under Science Fiction.

2. Where does Alfred invite Latimer to go because it is "the finest thing in the world for low spirits"?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Shopping.
(c) To an opera.
(d) Hunting.

3. What does Latimer's new talent show in others?
(a) Their fear of Latimer.
(b) Their pettiness.
(c) Their love for Bertha.
(d) Their appreciation of Latimer.

4. Why is Latimer's friend not accepted by society?
(a) Because he is poor and ugly.
(b) Because he suffers from schizophrenia.
(c) Because his mother is at a mental hospital.
(d) Because he is so intelligent.

5. Which character can see their own death?
(a) Latimer.
(b) Mrs. Archer.
(c) Bertha.
(d) The Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Latimer in Switzerland?

2. What happens as Latimer's ability to read minds becomes stronger?

3. How does Bertha react to Latimer's question about loving him?

4. When Latimer is not with Bertha, what does he do?

5. Why does Latimer choose this specific gift for Bertha's birthday?

(see the answer key)

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