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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?
(a) Darkly obscure.
(b) Obese.
(c) Fussy.
(d) Objectionable.

2. What worrying symptoms does she think about?
(a) Hearing sparrows singing in Latin.
(b) Hearing the devil speak to her.
(c) Having headaches and giddiness.
(d) Hearing voices and having headaches.

3. What is the overall impression of the building Richard lives in?
(a) Trendy.
(b) Squalid, given the state of the vestibule.
(c) Elegant, especially the paintwork.
(d) Vibrant, given the flourishing ficus.

4. When does Virginia say a person feels free to do anything?
(a) In the brief time when one is young.
(b) When one has reached maturity.
(c) When one lives in permissive times.
(d) In old age.

5. What is a sarcophagus?
(a) A person who eats flesh.
(b) A kind of bone cancer.
(c) A stone coffin.
(d) A sarcastic Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?

2. In what way does Laura think she is similar to Virginia Woolf?

3. What factor turns Virginia into 'a fantastic figure'?

4. With what profession is Nelly's calm compared?

5. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?

(see the answer key)

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