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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight Quiz 1

  • 1. Where was Sebastian born?
    •     London
    •     Moscow
    •     St. Petersburg
    •     Paris

  • 2. What does the narrator say was the immediate cause of Sebastian's and his father's death?
    •     A heart attack.
    •     A cold.
    •     A duel.
    •     Old age.

  • 3. What aspect of their father does the narrator see in Sebastian's writing?
    •     his impetious behavior
    •     his restlessness
    •     his passion for women
    •     his perserverence

  • 4. Where did Sebastian's father meet Sebastian's mother?
    •     Russia
    •     England
    •     Italy
    •     France

  • 5. Virginia Knight abandoned her family because. . .
    •     Sebastian's father threw her out for being unfaithful.
    •     she hated Sebastian's father.
    •     she fell in love with another man.
    •     she knew she was dying and thought this would hurt them less.

  • 6. What helped Sebastian's father forget his first wife?
    •     Sebastian.
    •     He met the narrator's mother.
    •     He never could forget her.
    •     Going to war in Japan.

  • 7. After Virginia left her husband and son, she made her home
    •     in a small town in France.
    •     in Paris in the winter, Italy in the summer.
    •     in London.
    •     nowhere; she travelled constantly until she died.

  • 8. When Virginia sent a note asking to see Sebastian, why did the narrator's mother take him?
    •     His father refused to see Virginia.
    •     She was curious to see her husband's first wife.
    •     The narrator's mother wanted to keep the visit from her husband.
    •     His father was away at the time.

  • 9. Who attended Virginia Knight's burial?
    •     Mr. Goodman
    •     Sebastian
    •     Mr. Silbermann
    •     H.F. Stainton

  • 10. Sebastian's father challenged Palchin to a duel, because Palchin. . .
    •     was rude to him in the street.
    •     insulted the narrator's mother.
    •     spoke openly about being Virginia's lover.
    •     accused him of being unfaithful to his wife.

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