The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

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

Chandelier

Urn

Mural

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

Wife

Woman

Dancer

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

He's moving to Paris

He's returning to his biological family

He's leaving to become an artist

He's enlisting in the military
4 Where does Hurtle move when he first leaves the Courtneys?

Melbourne

Sydney

Paris

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

Rhoda

Mrs. Courtney

Boo Hollingrake

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

Peru

London

New York

Tahiti
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?

Melbourne

Turkey

Perialos

Casablanca
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?

Bach

Rachmaninoff

Lizst

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

Novelist

Sculptor

Musician

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

Father and Maman

Papa and Maman

Father and Mother Dear

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

Dishwashing

Assisting a painter

Landscaping

Working in a department store
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 awareness of the reasons for her hysteria

An ability to perceive everything around her

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

5

1

3

7
15 Who is Soso?

Rhoda's landlady

Kathy Volkov's piano teacher

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter

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

Cars driving too fast

Cats

The moon

Kids playing ball
17 What does Rhoda say was the reason for Maman's death?

She felt she failed Hurtle and Rhoda

She felt it wasn't worth living without the inessentials

She couldn't face her failure to end vivisection

She couldn't carry on without relationships with her children
18 Where do the Courtneys have a memorable holiday?

Tuscany

Monaco

St. Sebastian

St. Yves de Tregor
19 Who was Hurtle and Rhoda's governess?

Miss Gibbons

Miss Leighton

Miss Tyndall

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

Pythoness at Tripod

Girl in the Window

Nance Spreadeagle

Forms and Figures
21 What street does Duffield live most of his adult life on?

Windsor Street

Prince Way

Flint Street

Chubb's Lane
22 Who is Duffield's protégé?

Rhoda

Sam Weinstock

Don Lethbridge

Cecil Cutbush
23 What is Cecil Cutbush's former job?

School headmaster

Bus driver

Local councilman

Gardener
24 What does Nance say is true of all men?

They don't like talking about emotions

They are interested in art

They're in love with themselves

They're always thinking about the future
25 Why did Caldicott vouch so much for Duffield?

Someone told him he had to put his name behind him

He couldn't find anyone else

He faced financial pressures to find an ingenue

He was in love with him

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