The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

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

Diamond ring

Mural

Chandelier

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

Novelist

Wife

Woman

Dancer
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 moving to Paris

He's leaving to become an artist
4 Where does Hurtle move when he first leaves the Courtneys?

Sydney

Paris

New Zealand

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

Boo Hollingrake

Mrs. Courtney

Caldicott

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

Peru

London

Tahiti

New York
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?

Casablanca

Melbourne

Perialos

Turkey
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?

Lizst

Mozart

Rachmaninoff

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

Sculptor

Playwright

Musician

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

Dad and Mother

Papa and Maman

Father and Maman

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

Assisting a painter

Working in a department store

Dishwashing

Landscaping
12 What plant does Duffield continuously point out seeing in the novel?

Lantana

Palm trees

Begonia

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

Secret creative genius

An ability to perceive everything around her

An awareness of the reasons for her hysteria

A clear vision of the future
14 How many children did the Duffields have?

1

7

3

5
15 Who is Soso?

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter

Rhoda's landlady

Kathy Volkov's piano teacher

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

Cars driving too fast

Kids playing ball

Cats

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

She couldn't face her failure to end vivisection

She felt it wasn't worth living without the inessentials

She couldn't carry on without relationships with her children

She felt she failed Hurtle and Rhoda
18 Where do the Courtneys have a memorable holiday?

Tuscany

Monaco

St. Yves de Tregor

St. Sebastian
19 Who was Hurtle and Rhoda's governess?

Miss Tyndall

Miss Leighton

Miss Gibbons

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

Girl in the Window

Nance Spreadeagle

Pythoness at Tripod

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

Flint Street

Prince Way

Chubb's Lane

Windsor Street
22 Who is Duffield's protégé?

Sam Weinstock

Cecil Cutbush

Rhoda

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

School headmaster

Local councilman

Bus driver

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 always thinking about the future

They're in love with themselves
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 was in love with him

He couldn't find anyone else

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