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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 signal a time-slip.
(b) They indicate sections that don't matter to the overall story.
(c) They are to indicate the novel Laura is reading.
(d) They are to indicate the character's innermost thoughts.

2. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?
(a) He has the money to buy a new apartment but mightn't live to get to move into it.
(b) It has come just when he is no longer interested in fame.
(c) He has won a major literary prize but he'll need all the money to pay off debts.
(d) He has won a major literary prize, but his health is in serious decline.

3. Why did Barbara come to New York?
(a) To sing opera.
(b) To escape a disapproving family.
(c) To open a florist shop.
(d) To be near her lover, an opera singer.

4. Which character does Virginia wish to avoid?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) Leonard.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Nelly.

5. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?
(a) The interplay of light on seaweed and water.
(b) Her fur coat.
(c) The effect of the strong current as it carries her away.
(d) The stripes of green-black weed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura tell Richie she will do today?

2. Where is Walter Hardy heading?

3. Where is Clarissa when Willie Bass sees her?

4. What is a sarcophagus?

5. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?

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