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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the floral shop where Clarissa shops?
(a) Roxy's Shop.
(b) A'Bloom.
(c) Ivy League.
(d) Mulberry's Shop.

2. The crowds that gather around Buckingham Palace try to guess what will be written by ______________________.
(a) the Queen.
(b) the newspaper editor.
(c) the Prime Minister.
(d) the skywriter.

3. What is Clarissa's husband's name?
(a) James.
(b) Richard.
(c) Paul.
(d) Andrew.

4. What does Clarissa find ridiculous about Peter?
(a) That he is in love at his age.
(b) That he drinks too much.
(c) That he flirts with younger women.
(d) That he won't update his wardrobe.

5. Clarissa thinks that, in Peter's eyes, she _____________________.
(a) cannot measure up.
(b) can do no wrong.
(c) will never leave her husband.
(d) will learn to love him again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Clarissa wishes she could be more like _________________.

2. While talking with Peter, Clarissa brings up the days _____________________.

3. Peter blurts out to Clarissa that he is in love with ________________________.

4. Who waits on Clarissa in the floral shop?

5. What does Peter do while sitting on Clarissa's sofa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do both Peter and Clarissa secretly think about the other?

2. What are Peter's perceptions of Clarissa after having been gone for five years?

3. What are Clarissa's thoughts on this June morning and what are some of the reasons that the world seems pleasant to her?

4. What is wrong with the dress Clarissa wants to wear to her party?

5. Why had Clarissa broken off her engagement to Peter?

6. What were Peter's thoughts of Richard Dalloway when he first met him at a dinner party?

7. Who is Hugh Whitbread and what role does he play in Clarissa's lie?

8. What does Peter recall about Sally Seton from years ago?

9. Who are Septimus and Lucrezia and what behavior of Septimus' bothers her when they are with other people in the park?

10. What does Peter not realize about Clarissa as he chats with her in her room?

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