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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What separates Neville's monologue from the others in Section 6?
(a) He is the most content of any of the characters.
(b) He is most aware of aging.
(c) He is least troubled by Percival's death.
(d) He is least aware of aging.

2. With what event in Bernard's life does the major news in Section 5 coincide?
(a) Jinny's engagement.
(b) His wedding.
(c) The death of his father.
(d) The birth of his first child.

3. In Section 7, where is Louis's new house?
(a) London.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Surrey.

4. Generally, what word best describes the mood of Bernard at the end of section 8, as compared to the beginning?
(a) He remains anxious and unsure.
(b) His mood has improved.
(c) He has become more depressed.
(d) He has fallen into confusion.

5. Who notices the hand-holding between two characters in Section 8?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Bernard.

6. Where has the sun moved to at the beginning of Section 6?
(a) It is not out at all because it is night.
(b) It is just rising.
(c) It is setting.
(d) It is past the mid-point in the sky.

7. What do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?
(a) That he and Neville have begun an affair.
(b) That he is having an affair with Jinny.
(c) That he has moved in with Susan.
(d) That he is having an affair with Rhoda.

8. What is the dominant feature of the monologues during the middle of Section 8?
(a) Only Susan and Neville speak.
(b) There is constant interplay.
(c) Bernard speaks alone.
(d) Only Rhoda and Percival speak.

9. Who is holding Louis's hand in Section 8?
(a) Neville.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

10. At one point in Section 6, Jinny says she is being "flung up, and flung down, like . . ." what?
(a) A ragdoll.
(b) The waves.
(c) A ball being played with.
(d) A ship in the sea.

11. What significant fact do we learn about Susan's life in Section 6?
(a) That she is in love with Louis.
(b) That she had an affair with Percival.
(c) That she is dying.
(d) That she has a baby.

12. In Section 8, when does Bernard arrive in relation to the other characters?
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Last.

13. In Section 7, how does the poem which Louis muses on begin?
(a) "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan . . ."
(b) "The rain set early in to-night . . ."
(c) "One must have a mind of winter . . ."
(d) "O western wind . . ."

14. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Susan.
(d) Neville.

15. What does Neville conclude at the end of his Section 6 monologue?
(a) That he will commit suicide.
(b) That Percival's death has paralyzed him.
(c) That Percival had no effect on him.
(d) That, despite his love for Percival, he could find another man to love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?

2. In Section 7, which two people does Susan name as those she "thinks sometimes of"?

3. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"

4. On what street is Rhoda walking when the reader encounters her in Section 5?

5. What are the two dominant images of Section 8's introduction?

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