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

2. In Section 8, who oddly compares herself to a dog?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Neville.
(d) Susan.

3. Which speaker follows Susan in Section 7?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Louis.

4. What are the two dominant images of Section 8's introduction?
(a) The nighttime sky and the calm waters.
(b) Both the waves and the sun are sinking in power.
(c) The waves receding as the sun burns brighter.
(d) The sun sinking as the waves become the dominant image.

5. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"
(a) Bernard.
(b) Neville.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two emotions seem to dominate Rhoda's Section 7 monologue?

2. Who refers to "the hieroglyphs written on other people's faces" in Section 6?

3. What are the characters doing as their monologues progress in Section 8?

4. Which of the characters begins Section 8?

5. Who do Bernard and Rhoda assert Percival was in love with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how the characters feel during the dinner they share in Section 8.

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

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

5. What do the characters do after they leave the restaurant in Section 8, and what happens then?

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

7. Describe how Jinny appears in Section 6.

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

9. What in particular separates Section 7 from the prior two sections, and why is that significant?

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

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