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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long does Clarissa wait in the hope of seeing the famous film star?
(a) Nearly ten minutes.
(b) Nearly a quarter of an hour.
(c) She doesn't wait around at all.
(d) Twelve minutes.

3. What is the last thing Virginia truly perceives?
(a) That Vanessa will be a comfort to Leonard.
(b) A blue sky and sparrows.
(c) A red-jacketed man fishing under a cloudy sky.
(d) A man standing on a bridge and looking at her.

4. How does Virginia see herself?
(a) As a privileged wife.
(b) As a great writer.
(c) As merely a gifted eccentric.
(d) As a closet lesbian.

5. What is interesting about Richard's lungs?
(a) They are unusually powerful.
(b) Their capacity is small.
(c) The virus has not harmed them.
(d) They are the only organs to have been touched by the virus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonard intend to do when he goes upstairs?

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

3. Who is Louis?

4. Where is Clarissa when Willie Bass sees her?

5. What does the word 'ubiquitous' tell us about the Jack Russell terriers.

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