The Vivisector Quizzes

The Vivisector Quiz 1

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

Mural

Chandelier

Diamond ring
2 What is Rhoda's fate as predicted by the Planchette?
Novelist

Dancer

Wife

Woman
3 What reason does Hurtle give Mrs. Courtney for his departure from their house and family as a teenager?
He's moving to Paris

He's leaving to become an artist

He's enlisting in the military

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

New Zealand

Melbourne

Sydney
5 Who is the person behind Duffield's secret patroness?
Boo Hollingrake

Rhoda

Mrs. Courtney

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

London

Tahiti

Peru
7 Where does Hero want to bring Hurtle?
Perialos

Melbourne

Turkey

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

Rachmaninoff

Lizst

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

Novelist

Musician

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

Papa and Maman

Dad and Mother

Father and Mother Dear
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?
Begonia

Sunflowers

Palm trees

Lantana
13 What does Boo Hollingrake say has always been Rhoda's virtue?
An awareness of the reasons for her hysteria

An ability to perceive everything around her

A clear vision of the future

Secret creative genius
14 How many children did the Duffields have?
5

3

7

1
15 Who is Soso?
Hurtle's child

Hero and Cosma's quasi-adopted daughter

Kathy Volkov's piano teacher

Rhoda's landlady
16 What is Rhoda yelling at when Hurtle encounters her after many years have passed?
Cars driving too fast

Cats

Kids playing ball

The moon
17 What does Rhoda say was the reason for Maman's death?
She felt it wasn't worth living without the inessentials

She couldn't carry on without relationships with her children

She couldn't face her failure to end vivisection

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

Monaco

St. Sebastian

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

Miss Leighton

Miss Nixon

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

Pythoness at Tripod

Nance Spreadeagle

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

Flint Street

Windsor Street

Prince Way
22 Who is Duffield's protégé?
Sam Weinstock

Don Lethbridge

Rhoda

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

Gardener

Local councilman

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

They're in love with themselves

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

He was in love with him

He couldn't find anyone else

Someone told him he had to put his name behind him

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