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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. Where did Woolf get the material for her writing?
(a) Her dreams.
(b) Her father's sermons.
(c) Her life.
(d) Her imagination.

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

3. What does Virginia say her mother always did without question- almost to a fault?
(a) Believed the words of others.
(b) Listened to her favorite preacher.
(c) Supported her husband.
(d) Taught her children.

4. Who became Virginia's surrogate mother when her mother died?
(a) Stella.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Julia.
(d) Vanessa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Stella's husband?

2. What did Stella die of?

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

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

5. Which of these words did Virginia use to describe Stella?

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