The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

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

Urn

Mural

Diamond ring

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

Woman

Wife

Novelist

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

He's enlisting in the military

He's moving to Paris

He's leaving to become an artist

He's returning to his biological family
4 Where does Hurtle move when he first leaves the Courtneys?

Paris

Sydney

Melbourne

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

Mrs. Courtney

Boo Hollingrake

Rhoda

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

Peru

Tahiti

New York

London
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?

Casablanca

Perialos

Turkey

Melbourne
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?

Mozart

Bach

Lizst

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

Musician

Novelist

Sculptor

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

Father and Maman

Father and Mother Dear

Papa and Maman

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

Landscaping

Working in a department store

Dishwashing

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

Sunflowers

Palm trees

Lantana

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?

1

7

5

3
15 Who is Soso?

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter

Rhoda's landlady

Hurtle's child

Kathy Volkov's piano teacher
16 What is Rhoda yelling at when Hurtle encounters her after many years have passed?

Cats

Kids playing ball

Cars driving too fast

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 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
18 Where do the Courtneys have a memorable holiday?

St. Sebastian

Monaco

St. Yves de Tregor

Tuscany
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?

Nance Spreadeagle

Girl in the Window

Forms and Figures

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

Chubb's Lane

Prince Way

Flint Street

Windsor Street
22 Who is Duffield's protégé?

Rhoda

Sam Weinstock

Don Lethbridge

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

Bus driver

School headmaster

Gardener

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

They're always thinking about the future

They don't like talking about emotions

They're in love with themselves

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 couldn't find anyone else

He faced financial pressures to find an ingenue

He was in love with him

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