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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reminiscences, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the editor use to describe these memoirs as glimpses into Virginia's life?
(a) Glances.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Keyholes.

2. What kind of literary device did Woolf include in many of her writings?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) All of these.

3. How does Virginia describe the relationship between her mother and stepfather?
(a) Loving.
(b) Convenient.
(c) Unhealthy.
(d) Volatile.

4. What was the name of Virginia's oldest nephew?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Julian.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Jerome.

5. What literary device is used for most of the dialogue in Reminiscences?
(a) Satire.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Stream of Conscious.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many levels was Woolf's work analyzed on by the editor?

2. Which of the following did Virgina Wolf have an idiosyncratic style for?

3. What does Virginia say her mother always did without question- almost to a fault?

4. Where did Woolf get the material for her writing?

5. Who became Virginia's surrogate mother when her mother died?

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