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Chapters
| 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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