The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

1 What object inspires Hurtle when he first visits the Courtneys house?

Diamond ring

Urn

Chandelier

Mural
2 What is Rhoda's fate as predicted by the Planchette?

Novelist

Dancer

Woman

Wife
3 What reason does Hurtle give Mrs. Courtney for his departure from their house and family as a teenager?

He's leaving to become an artist

He's returning to his biological family

He's enlisting in the military

He's moving to Paris
4 Where does Hurtle move when he first leaves the Courtneys?

New Zealand

Sydney

Melbourne

Paris
5 Who is the person behind Duffield's secret patroness?

Rhoda

Boo Hollingrake

Mrs. Courtney

Caldicott
6 Where was Boo Hollingrake living in the years before she returned to Australia?

London

New York

Peru

Tahiti
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?

Perialos

Turkey

Casablanca

Melbourne
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?

Lizst

Bach

Mozart

Rachmaninoff
9 What kind of aspiring artist does Hurtle encounter when he goes to Mumbelong with Mr. Courtney?

Playwright

Musician

Novelist

Sculptor
10 What do Mr. and Mrs. Courtney want Hurtle to call them?

Dad and Mother

Father and Maman

Papa and Maman

Father and Mother Dear
11 What job is Hurtle doing when he meets Nance Lightfoot?

Dishwashing

Working in a department store

Landscaping

Assisting a painter
12 What plant does Duffield continuously point out seeing in the novel?

Palm trees

Lantana

Sunflowers

Begonia
13 What does Boo Hollingrake say has always been Rhoda's virtue?

A clear vision of the future

An ability to perceive everything around her

An awareness of the reasons for her hysteria

Secret creative genius
14 How many children did the Duffields have?

3

5

1

7
15 Who is Soso?

Kathy Volkov's piano teacher

Hurtle's child

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter

Rhoda's landlady
16 What is Rhoda yelling at when Hurtle encounters her after many years have passed?

Cats

Cars driving too fast

Kids playing ball

The moon
17 What does Rhoda say was the reason for Maman's death?

She couldn't carry on without relationships with her children

She couldn't face her failure to end vivisection

She felt she failed Hurtle and Rhoda

She felt it wasn't worth living without the inessentials
18 Where do the Courtneys have a memorable holiday?

St. Yves de Tregor

Tuscany

St. Sebastian

Monaco
19 Who was Hurtle and Rhoda's governess?

Miss Tyndall

Miss Gibbons

Miss Nixon

Miss Leighton
20 What is the name of Hurtle's painting of Rhoda?

Girl in the Window

Forms and Figures

Nance Spreadeagle

Pythoness at Tripod
21 What street does Duffield live most of his adult life on?

Chubb's Lane

Flint Street

Prince Way

Windsor Street
22 Who is Duffield's protégé?

Don Lethbridge

Cecil Cutbush

Sam Weinstock

Rhoda
23 What is Cecil Cutbush's former job?

Gardener

School headmaster

Bus driver

Local councilman
24 What does Nance say is true of all men?

They're always thinking about the future

They're in love with themselves

They don't like talking about emotions

They are interested in art
25 Why did Caldicott vouch so much for Duffield?

Someone told him he had to put his name behind him

He faced financial pressures to find an ingenue

He couldn't find anyone else

He was in love with him

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