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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reminiscences, Chapters 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Woolf believe about people's identity?
(a) It remained the same.
(b) It did not exist.
(c) It was always changing.
(d) It could never be defined.

2. What does Virginia say was the main difference between her mother and her oldest sister?
(a) Her sister was happier.
(b) Her sister was belligerent.
(c) Her mother was more skilled.
(d) Her mother was controlling.

3. How did Virginia Woolf make herself improve her skills?
(a) She did daily drills.
(b) She had people criticize her work.
(c) She burned works that were bad.
(d) She read a lot.

4. What did Woolf spend her life trying to find incident having a relationship with?
(a) The Past.
(b) Influence.
(c) Meaning.
(d) The Present.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Reminiscences" about?

2. What was Stella desperate to do for her family, according to Virginia?

3. What realm does the editor hope these writings will touch?

4. How did Vanessa deal with her stepfather's changing moods?

5. What was Virginia's sister's occupation?

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