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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sketch of the Past, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these words did Virginia use to describe Stella?
(a) Spritely.
(b) Sinful.
(c) Saintly.
(d) Surreptitious.

2. Where did Virginia see her first vivid colors?
(a) Her father's garden.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A story book.
(d) Her mother's dress.

3. Who did Vanessa have an affair with?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jon.
(c) Jake.
(d) Jim.

4. What did Stella die of?
(a) Grief.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Consumption.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggested that Virginia should write her memoirs?

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

3. Which of these stories was written early in Woolf's career?

4. What was the last name of Virginia's real father?

5. What does Virginia say made her feel shameful when she was young?

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