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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about her life is Jinny bemoaning when she begins her monologue in Section 7?
(a) That she cannot bear children.
(b) That she cannot find a husband.
(c) That she has aged.
(d) That she has grown fat.

2. Which of the characters begins Section 8?
(a) Susan.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Louis.

3. 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 past the mid-point in the sky.
(d) It is setting.

4. What does Bernard seem to be struggling to do during his final monologue of Section 8?
(a) Write.
(b) Talk.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Read.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Susan doing when she begins her Section 7 monologue?

2. Who is most deeply affected by the significant news in Section 5?

3. In Section 8, who says, "I have been torn apart"?

4. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?

5. In Section 7, how does the poem which Louis muses on begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Characterize Neville's state of mind as he appears at the end of Section 6.

2. Why doesn't Percival's death have a strong effect on Bernard in Section 5?

3. Why is it significant that Bernard is not the first speaker in Section 5?

4. What is different about Susan in Section 7?

5. What is the significance of the way the birds are depicted in Section 7's introduction?

6. How does the structure of Section 5 parallel the development of the characters?

7. Which image becomes more dominant in Section 8's introductory vignette, and what do you think it signifies?

8. How is Section 6's opening description distinct, and what should the reader expect from the rest of the section?

9. Why does Bernard travel to Rome in Section 7?

10. The first thing the reader learns in Section 5 is that Percival has died. How did he die, and who does it seem to have the strongest effect on?

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