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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sketch of the Past, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Virginia say provides the shocks needed for awareness?
(a) Transcendant experiences.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Past memories.
(d) Traumatic happenings.

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

3. How long had Virginia's mother been dead when Virginia started writing A Sketch of the Past?
(a) 34 years.
(b) 46 years.
(c) 44 years.
(d) 36 years.

4. What was Virginia's sister's occupation?
(a) Singer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Actress.
(d) Writer.

5. How does Virginia describe Julia's first husband?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Proper.
(d) Meek.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How was George related to Virginia?

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

5. How many living children did Virginia's mother have before marrying her second husband?

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