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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lighthouse Chapters 12, 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Mr. Ramsay a happy man?
(a) He has his wife, children, and his career teaching young men philosophy.
(b) Going for a walk on the beach
(c) Reciting his poetry
(d) His books and his lectures

2. What is Mrs. Ramsay sorry for after she tells James they cannot go to the Lighthouse?
(a) That she ever offered to bring him there in the first place
(b) That she ever told Mr. Ramsay they were going
(c) That she raises his hopes for the trip
(d) That they hadn't gone before

3. What is Lily Briscoe doing on the edge of the lawn?
(a) Painting a picture of Mrs. Ramsay and James
(b) Waving to a neighbor passing by
(c) Having a picnic with the children
(d) Playing cricket with the children

4. Why does Mrs. McNab pick a bunch of flowers from the Ramsay's garden?
(a) She figures the Ramsay's will never know
(b) She wants to give them to her daughter
(c) She wants to cheer up her own house.
(d) She thinks the house is going to be sold and the family will never return.

5. How does Mrs. Ramsay feel young men regard her?
(a) With reverence and trust
(b) As a senile lump
(c) As if she were invisible
(d) As an old, stupid woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Minta's feelings about Paul's affair with another woman?

2. Why is Lily disappointed when the Ramsay's leave on the boat?

3. What is Mr. Ramsay's reaction as he sees his wife sitting in sadness?

4. Why does William Bankes see Mrs. Ramsay as child-like?

5. How does Lily see the blank canvas before her?

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