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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 does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?
(a) Her anger towards Nelly.
(b) Her headache.
(c) Death.
(d) A character in Mrs Dalloway.

2. What does Leonard worship above all else?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Accompaniment.

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

4. What is the problem with the faces of George Washington?
(a) They don't quite match.
(b) They have been destroyed by weather.
(c) They have inappropriate expressions.
(d) One is missing its nose and the other is eroded.

5. For whom does Virginia leave notes?
(a) Leonard and Vanessa.
(b) Richard and Clarissa.
(c) Vanessa and Clarissa
(d) Leonard and Clarissa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did Virginia hear sparrows using?

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

3. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?

4. What does Virginia put in the pocket of her cardigan?

5. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Richard's nickname for Clarissa ('Mrs Dalloway') an appropriate choice?

2. When Dan returned from the war, why was he given special acclaim?

3. Why is Laura fearful of Richie making an error as he helps her make the cake?

4. How pervasive are the voices Virginia hears?

5. What is Richie's attitude toward his mother?

6. How does Laura plan to compensate for her neglect of Dan and Richie at breakfast?

7. What went wrong with the relationship of Clarissa and Richard when they were younger?

8. Comment on an aspect of the Prologue's final paragraph.

9. As presented in this chapter, what is Clarissa Vaughan's attitude to life?

10. What fascinates Laura about Virginia Woolf's death?

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