Chapter: The Vivisector - Patrick White
1.

In The Vivisector, we see the protagonist Hurtle Duffield exploiting what for his art?

A. His friends
B. Money
C. His parents
D. Women
Answer» D. Women
2.

On a trip to England, Alfreda Courtney is horrified to find the vivisection of what?

A. A child
B. A dog
C. A cat
D. A horse
Answer» B. A dog
3.

What deformity does Rhoda Courtney have?

A. Hunchback
B. Blind
C. Crippled
D. Scars
Answer» A. Hunchback
4.

What is the name of the girl who lives next to the Courtneys who happens to be quite the match for Hurtle on the subject of manipulation?

A. Nance Lightfoot
B. Hero Pavloussi
C. KathyVolkov
D. Olivia Davenport
Answer» C. KathyVolkov
5.

At the end of the novel, The Vivisector, what happens to Hurtle Duffield?

A. He accepts a knighthood and regained wealth
B. He teaches his protégé everything he knows
C. He reconciles with his family
D. He dies with a paintbrush in his hand
Answer» D. He dies with a paintbrush in his hand
6.

The sole passion of Hurtle Duffield was

A. art
B. women
C. reading
D. travelling
Answer» A. art
7.

Who was born a hunchbacked female in The Vivisector?

A. Katherine Volkov
B. Rhoda Courtney
C. Alfreda Courtney
D. Hero Pavloussi
Answer» B. Rhoda Courtney
8.

Hurtle Duffield was born into a ________ Australian family.

A. middle-class
B. bourgeois
C. working class
D. high-class
Answer» C. working class
9.

For the first time, Hurtle Duffield meets a woman in the streets by the name of –

A. Hero Pavloussi
B. Katherine Volkov
C. Alfreda Courtney
D. Nance Lightfoot
Answer» D. Nance Lightfoot
10.

Hero Pavloussi was the wife of a / an –

A. Australian merchant
B. Greek merchant
C. European merchant
D. American merchant
Answer» B. Greek merchant
11.

Hurtle Duffield and Hero Pavloussi went on a pilgrimage to the sacred Island of Perialos in the

A. Aegean Sea
B. Arabian Sea
C. Ionian Sea
D. Mediterranean Sea
Answer» A. Aegean Sea
12.

In the start of Disgrace, the age of David Lurie was

A. thirty- seven
B. forty - two
C. fifty - two
D. fifty- seven
Answer» C. fifty - two
13.

The Courtneys adopt Hurtle Duffield to be Rhoda’s _____

A. servant
B. tutor
C. companion
D. competitor
Answer» C. companion
14.

Hurtle’s greatest painting is called

A. the Magnum Opus
B. The Homage
C. Rhoda
D. The Vivisector
Answer» D. The Vivisector
15.

The Vivisector was published in

A. 1970
B. 1960
C. 1950
D. 1940
Answer» A. 1970
16.

______ is a manipulative woman who also plays the piano.

A. Rhoda Courtney
B. Kathy Volkov
C. Hero Pavloussi
D. Alfreda Courtney
Answer» B. Kathy Volkov
17.

Hurtle’s first love is _____, a prostitute.

A. Kathy
B. Hero
C. Nance
D. Olivia
Answer» C. Nance
18.

After his stroke, Hurtle becomes partially

A. blind
B. paralysed
C. deaf
D. amnesiac
Answer» B. paralysed
19.

Hurtle enlists into the army during

A. World War I
B. World War II
C. The Spanish War
D. the Korean War
Answer» A. World War I
20.

Hurtle has a series of affairs with women he cannot love because

A. all these women are ugly
B. he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming
C. he enjoys the company of many women
D. he cannot settle for just one woman
Answer» B. he is afraid falling in love would be too consuming
21.

Hurtle’s inspiration for his art was

A. the chaos of World War I
B. his poverty-ridden childhood
C. his many lovers
D. other great artists
Answer» C. his many lovers
22.

Nance Lightfoot dies when she

A. is killed by a gunman
B. meets with a traffic accident
C. falls to the rocks below Hurtle’s shack
D. poisoned by Hurtle’s mother
Answer» C. falls to the rocks below Hurtle’s shack
23.

Hurtle completes his masterpiece with the help of his protégé,

A. Hero Pavloussi
B. Cecil Cutbush
C. Boo Hollingrake
D. Don Lethbridge
Answer» D. Don Lethbridge
24.

The Vivisector was awarded the _____ in 1973.

A. Pulitzer Prize
B. Nobel Prize
C. Booker Prize
D. Reader’s Choice
Answer» B. Nobel Prize
25.

The word, ‘vivisection’ means

A. dissection while still alive
B. stuffed and preserved after death
C. dissection after death
D. tortured to death
Answer» A. dissection while still alive
26.

After seeing the vivisected dog, Alfreda comments that “There’s nothing so inhuman as a _____”.

A. dog
B. vivisectionist
C. human being
D. man
Answer» C. human being
27.

Hurtle was _____ from his real parents by the Courtneys.

A. stolen
B. bought
C. kidnapped
D. taken by force
Answer» B. bought
28.

Hurtle Duffield was sold for _____ pounds to the Courtneys by his parents.

A. 1000
B. 100
C. 750
D. 500
Answer» D. 500
29.

Hurtle Duffield suffered _____ towards the end of his life.

A. a heart attack
B. a stroke
C. a vehicle accident
D. a fall
Answer» B. a stroke
30.

The Vivisector is written by

A. Patrick White
B. Alan Paton
C. Chinua Echebe
D. V.S. Naipaul
Answer» A. Patrick White
31.

White dedicates his novel The Vivisector to Sidney Nolan, a ____

A. vivisectionist
B. painter
C. politician
D. writer
Answer» B. painter
32.

Nance Lightfoot is a

A. secretary
B. Greek heiress
C. painter
D. prostitute
Answer» D. prostitute
33.

Hurtle’s mother becomes acquainted with the Courtneys when she does _____ for them.

A. housekeeping
B. gardening
C. laundry
D. cooking
Answer» C. laundry
34.

Rhoda was initially very ______ towards Hurtle when he was first adopted by her parents.

A. puzzled
B. curious
C. resentful
D. affectionate
Answer» C. resentful
35.

Alfreda accuses Hurtle of being born with _____ in his hands, and his eyes.

A. a knife
B. a gleam of greed
C. a glitter
D. a spoon
Answer» A. a knife
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