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?

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 returning to his biological family

He's enlisting in the military

He's leaving to become an artist

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

Melbourne

Sydney

New Zealand

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

Caldicott

Boo Hollingrake

Rhoda

Mrs. Courtney
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?

Casablanca

Perialos

Turkey

Melbourne
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?

Mozart

Lizst

Rachmaninoff

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

Novelist

Musician

Playwright

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

Papa and Maman

Dad and Mother

Father and Mother Dear

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

Landscaping

Assisting a painter

Dishwashing

Working in a department store
12 What plant does Duffield continuously point out seeing in the novel?

Palm trees

Sunflowers

Begonia

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

An ability to perceive everything around her

A clear vision of the future

Secret creative genius

An awareness of the reasons for her hysteria
14 How many children did the Duffields have?

7

3

5

1
15 Who is Soso?

Rhoda's landlady

Hurtle's child

Kathy Volkov's piano teacher

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter
16 What is Rhoda yelling at when Hurtle encounters her after many years have passed?

The moon

Cats

Cars driving too fast

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

She couldn't carry on without relationships with her children

She felt she failed Hurtle and Rhoda

She couldn't face her failure to end vivisection

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

St. Yves de Tregor

St. Sebastian

Monaco

Tuscany
19 Who was Hurtle and Rhoda's governess?

Miss Gibbons

Miss Nixon

Miss Leighton

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

Forms and Figures

Nance Spreadeagle

Pythoness at Tripod

Girl in the Window
21 What street does Duffield live most of his adult life on?

Flint Street

Chubb's Lane

Prince Way

Windsor Street
22 Who is Duffield's protégé?

Sam Weinstock

Rhoda

Cecil Cutbush

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

Local councilman

Gardener

School headmaster

Bus driver
24 What does Nance say is true of all men?

They're in love with themselves

They don't like talking about emotions

They are interested in art

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

He faced financial pressures to find an ingenue

Someone told him he had to put his name behind him

He couldn't find anyone else

He was in love with him

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