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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason for the slabs of italic type in this chapter?
(a) They are to indicate the character's innermost thoughts.
(b) They are to indicate the novel Laura is reading.
(c) They indicate sections that don't matter to the overall story.
(d) They signal a time-slip.

2. How many planes does Virginia see above her?
(a) One.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

3. What sort of top is Clarissa wearing?
(a) A man's cotton shirt.
(b) An elegant silk shirt.
(c) A knitted top.
(d) A blue turtleneck.

4. What literary device is represented by 'sinister beauty'?
(a) Dactyl.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

5. What is a sarcophagus?
(a) A person who eats flesh.
(b) A kind of bone cancer.
(c) A sarcastic Greek.
(d) A stone coffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dozes on a slatted bench?

2. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?

3. Where is Clarissa when Willie Bass sees her?

4. Where is this chapter set?

5. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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