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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Mr. Tansley never been to the circus?
(a) His father believed circus people were evil.
(b) He thinks they are for imbeciles.
(c) He comes from a family with nine siblings and his father was a working man.
(d) He is afraid of large crowds.

2. How does Mr. Ramsay feel about marriage engagements?
(a) The girl is too good for the young man
(b) The girl will never live up to the young man's standards
(c) The marriage will never last
(d) Engagements are inane.

3. Why does Mrs. Ramsay like Lily Briscoe?
(a) She will be a famous artist someday.
(b) She reminds her of when she was a girl.
(c) She is kind to the children
(d) She has an independent spirit.

4. What does Mr. Ramsay think about the intelligence of human beings?
(a) Humans are born with innate intelligence.
(b) Humans are brilliant, aware or all that happens around them.
(c) Humans are able to understand and learn anything if they try.
(d) Humans are ignorant, aware of nothing while the ocean eats away the land around us.

5. What does Mr. Bankes think Mr. Tansley feels about the people around the table?
(a) That they are all his true friends
(b) That the conversations are engrossing
(c) That they are all having a wonderful time
(d) That they have wasted their lives, and are behind the times

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Ramsay wish she could go with Paul and Minta?

2. Who is the only person that goes to the Ramsay's house?

3. Why doesn't Lily want to see the paintings of the great artists?

4. Why is Mrs. Ramsay so worried about the way her son, Jasper, passes the time?

5. Why does Mrs. Ramsay think Mr. Ramsay is different from other people?

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