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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Stella's husband?
(a) Jim.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jake.
(d) Jon.

3. How was George related to Virginia?
(a) He was her uncle.
(b) He was her cousin.
(c) He was her half-brother.
(d) He was her stepbrother.

4. How old was Virginia's mother when she died?
(a) 38.
(b) 48.
(c) 28.
(d) 58.

5. Aside from her beauty, what other two traits did Virginia most admire about her mother?
(a) Her creativity and alertness.
(b) Her competence and generosity.
(c) Her meekness and productivity.
(d) Her intelligence and gentility.

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

7. Why did Julia decide to marry her first husband?
(a) She wanted his money.
(b) She wanted to please her own father.
(c) She fell in love with him.
(d) She thought he would be a good father.

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

9. How many levels was Woolf's work analyzed on by the editor?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

11. What is one trait Virginia never wanted to possess?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Ignorance.

12. Which of these stories was written early in Woolf's career?
(a) Generalizations.
(b) Reminiscences.
(c) A Sketch of the Past.
(d) Remembering.

13. How old was Virginia when her mother died?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

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

15. How many wives had Leslie had before he married Julia?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Vanessa have an affair with?

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

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

4. What is "Reminiscences" about?

5. What did Stella die of?

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