Top 50+ Solved The Vivisector - Patrick White MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ______ is a manipulative woman who also plays the piano.
a. Rhoda Courtney
b. Kathy Volkov
c. Hero Pavloussi
d. Alfreda Courtney
Q. Hurtle enlists into the army during
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. The Spanish War
d. the Korean War
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. Hurtle completes his masterpiece with the help of his protégé,
a. Hero Pavloussi
b. Cecil Cutbush
c. Boo Hollingrake
d. Don Lethbridge
Q. The Vivisector was awarded the _____ in 1973.
a. Pulitzer Prize
b. Nobel Prize
c. Booker Prize
d. Reader’s Choice
Q. The word, ‘vivisection’ means
a. dissection while still alive
b. stuffed and preserved after death
c. dissection after death
d. tortured to death
Q. After seeing the vivisected dog, Alfreda comments that “There’s nothing so inhuman as a _____”.
a. dog
b. vivisectionist
c. human being
d. man
Q. Hurtle was _____ from his real parents by the Courtneys.
a. stolen
b. bought
c. kidnapped
d. taken by force
Q. Hurtle Duffield was sold for _____ pounds to the Courtneys by his parents.
a. 1000
b. 100
c. 750
d. 500
Q. Hurtle Duffield suffered _____ towards the end of his life.
a. a heart attack
b. a stroke
c. a vehicle accident
d. a fall