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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 2, Miss Lambert sits under a picture of whom?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Queen Alexandra.
(d) King James I.

2. In Section 3, what common action does Jinny find "strange"?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Crying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What word best describes Rhoda's tone in Section 1?
(a) Despairing.
(b) Neurotic.
(c) Excited.
(d) Pleased.

4. What do the characters do upon Percival's arrival in Section 4?
(a) Immediately begin recalling the past.
(b) Stand to greet him.
(c) Stand and leave.
(d) Fall silent.

5. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?
(a) Neville.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the italicized prose at the beginning of the first section describe?

2. What are the children doing as the novel begins?

3. Who remarks, "The world is entire, and I am outside of it . . ."?

4. Where does Bernard travel towards the end of his major monologue in Section 5?

5. Who is the first of the female speakers in Section 3?

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