Veil and Obj

Romantic Selections

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Comprehension
The questions below refer to the selection “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.”

____ 1. In the beginning of the story, the characters are alike in every way except one. It cannot be said that they —
|a. |are all unhappy with their lives |c. |are all old and frail |
|b. |have all wasted their youth |d. |have all been famous and respected |

____ 2. What happened to Dr. Heidegger’s fiancée?
|a. |She ran off with another man. |
|b. |Dr. Heidegger magically imprisoned her in the mirror. |
|c. |She married Dr. Heidegger but died soon after. |
|d. |She died before they were married. |

____ 3. What is the strangest object in Dr. Heidegger’s study?
|a. |The mirror |c. |A small round table, as black as ebony |
|b. |A large book of magic |d. |A beautiful cut glass vase |

____ 4. Hawthorne builds suspense by —
|a. |not explaining that Dr. Heidegger does many strange experiments |
|b. |withholding information about Dr. Heidegger’s wife |
|c. |not revealing at first why Dr. Heidegger has called his friends together |
|d. |misrepresenting each character’s background