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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the female characters seems most content with her place in life when the reader encounters her in Section 3?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Miss Lambert.
(d) Rhoda.

2. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?
(a) "Barely audible."
(b) "Like the chiming of bells."
(c) "A disruptive cacophony."
(d) "A blank melody outside."

3. Who shifts in his seat in Section 2 so that he might catch a glimpse of Percival?
(a) Louis.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Dr. Crane.
(d) Neville.

4. Who remarks, "The world is entire, and I am outside of it . . ."?
(a) Neville.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

5. What is the first speaker musing on at the beginning of Section 3?
(a) Whether there is an afterlife.
(b) The nature of identity.
(c) The form of waves.
(d) Classical poets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is picking flowers alone in the novel's first section?

2. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?

3. What is Bernard doing at the beginning of Section 3?

4. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?

5. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?

(see the answer key)

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