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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Time Passes Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily feel the Ramsays are flooded with?
(a) Friendship
(b) Indifference
(c) Being in love
(d) Hatred

2. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction as he sees his wife sitting in sadness?
(a) He is hurt by his wife's distance, feeling that he can't speak to her.
(b) He thinks she is looking for attention.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He feels she is overreacting.

3. What does Paul decide to do when they cannot find the brooch?
(a) He decides it is time to forget about the brooch.
(b) He decides to get up at dawn and look for it and buy a new one if he can't find it.
(c) He decides to forget about women.
(d) He decides to tell Minta that she is being too emotional.

4. What was the worst moment of Paul's life?
(a) Being rejected by a college
(b) Losing his mother and father
(c) Asking Minta to marry him
(d) Losing his job

5. What is it in human beings that nature looks upon complacently?
(a) Human misery, meanness, and his torture
(b) Human's striving for success
(c) Human family life
(d) Human relationships

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prue feel about her mother as she sees her standing on the stairs?

2. While the summerhouse is deserted, what is the weather like?

3. What does Lily contemplate as the dinner winds down, and people leave the table?

4. How does Mrs. Ramsay try to lift James' spirits after his father's negative comments

5. Where does the only light come from in the darkness of the house?

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