Question 1

Hero Pavloussi was the wife of a / an -

Accepted Answer

A)  Australian merchant
B)  Greek merchant
C)  European merchant
D)  American merchant B

Question 2

Hurtle enlists into the army during

Accepted Answer

A)  World War I
B)  World War II
C)  The Spanish War
D)  the Korean War A

Question 3

Nance Lightfoot is a

Accepted Answer

A)  secretary
B)  Greek heiress
C)  painter
D)  prostitute D

Question 4

The word, 'vivisection' means

Accepted Answer

A)  dissection while still alive
B)  stuffed and preserved after death
C)  dissection after death
D)  tortured to death

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  housekeeping
B)  gardening
C)  laundry
D)  cooking

Question 6

Who was born a hunchbacked female in The Vivisector?

Accepted Answer

A)  Katherine Volkov
B)  Rhoda Courtney
C)  Alfreda Courtney
D)  Hero Pavloussi

Question 7

Hurtle's first love is _____, a prostitute.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kathy
B)  Hero
C)  Nance
D)  Olivia

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  His friends
B)  Money
C)  His parents
D)  Women

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  puzzled
B)  curious
C)  resentful
D)  affectionate

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  thirty- seven
B)  forty - two
C)  fifty - two
D)  fifty- seven

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  1000
B)  100
C)  750
D)  500

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Aegean Sea
B)  Arabian Sea
C)  Ionian Sea
D)  Mediterranean Sea

Question 13

The Vivisector is written by

Accepted Answer

A)  Patrick White
B)  Alan Paton
C)  Chinua Echebe
D)  V.S. Naipaul

Question 14

Hurtle Duffield suffered _____ towards the end of his life.

Accepted Answer

A)  a heart attack
B)  a stroke
C)  a vehicle accident
D)  a fall

Question 15

______ is a manipulative woman who also plays the piano.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhoda Courtney
B)  Kathy Volkov
C)  Hero Pavloussi
D)  Alfreda Courtney

Question 16

After his stroke, Hurtle becomes partially

Accepted Answer

A)  blind
B)  paralysed
C)  deaf
D)  amnesiac

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  vivisectionist
B)  painter
C)  politician
D)  writer

Question 18

After seeing the vivisected dog, Alfreda comments that "There's nothing so inhuman as a _____".

Accepted Answer

A)  dog
B)  vivisectionist
C)  human being
D)  man

Question 19

The Vivisector was published in

Accepted Answer

A)  1970
B)  1960
C)  1950
D)  1940

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Hero Pavloussi
B)  Katherine Volkov
C)  Alfreda Courtney
D)  Nance Lightfoot

Exam 4: The Vivisector - Patrick White