The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

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

Chandelier

Urn

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

Dancer

Woman

Novelist
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 leaving to become an artist

He's moving to Paris

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

Sydney

New Zealand

Melbourne
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?
New York

London

Peru

Tahiti
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?
Melbourne

Turkey

Casablanca

Perialos
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?
Bach

Mozart

Rachmaninoff

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

Sculptor

Novelist

Musician
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?
Assisting a painter

Dishwashing

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?
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?
7

3

5

1
15 Who is Soso?
Kathy Volkov's piano teacher

Rhoda's landlady

Hurtle's child

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

Kids playing ball

The moon

Cats
17 What does Rhoda say was the reason for Maman's death?
She felt she failed Hurtle and Rhoda

She couldn't carry on without relationships with her children

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

Tuscany

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

Miss Nixon

Miss Gibbons

Miss Leighton
20 What is the name of Hurtle's painting of Rhoda?
Nance Spreadeagle

Forms and Figures

Girl in the Window

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

Prince Way

Windsor Street

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

Rhoda

Sam Weinstock

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

Gardener

School headmaster

Local councilman
24 What does Nance say is true of all men?
They don't like talking about emotions

They're in love with themselves

They're always thinking about the future

They are interested in art
25 Why did Caldicott vouch so much for Duffield?
He was in love with him

Someone told him he had to put his name behind him

He faced financial pressures to find an ingenue

He couldn't find anyone else

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