The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

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

Mural

Urn

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

Wife

Woman

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 leaving to become an artist

He's moving to Paris

He's enlisting in the military
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?
Caldicott

Rhoda

Mrs. Courtney

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

London

Peru

New York
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?
Perialos

Casablanca

Turkey

Melbourne
8 Who is Kathy Volkov's favorite musician?
Mozart

Rachmaninoff

Bach

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

Sculptor

Novelist

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

Father and Mother Dear

Dad and Mother

Father and Maman
11 What job is Hurtle doing when he meets Nance Lightfoot?
Working in a department store

Landscaping

Dishwashing

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

Sunflowers

Palm trees

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

A clear vision of the future

An ability to perceive everything around her

An awareness of the reasons for her hysteria
14 How many children did the Duffields have?
3

7

5

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

Hurtle's child

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter

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

Cars driving too fast

The moon

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 couldn't face her failure to end vivisection

She felt it wasn't worth living without the inessentials

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

St. Sebastian

Tuscany

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

Miss Tyndall

Miss Leighton

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

Forms and Figures

Girl in the Window

Nance Spreadeagle
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?
Don Lethbridge

Cecil Cutbush

Rhoda

Sam Weinstock
23 What is Cecil Cutbush's former job?
Local councilman

Bus driver

Gardener

School headmaster
24 What does Nance say is true of all men?
They are interested in art

They don't like talking about emotions

They're in love with themselves

They're always thinking about the future
25 Why did Caldicott vouch so much for Duffield?
He was in love with him

He couldn't find anyone else

Someone told him he had to put his name behind him

He faced financial pressures to find an ingenue

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