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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Virginia say Julia never had with any of her children?
(a) Strong connections.
(b) Private moments.
(c) Interesting dialogue.
(d) Good compliments.

2. How did Julia meet Thoby?
(a) He was a friend of her father's.
(b) Her sister married him.
(c) She went to his school.
(d) She courted him.

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

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

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

6. How did the first family vacation turn out, after Stella's death?
(a) Surprisingly.
(b) Calmly.
(c) Happily.
(d) Miserably.

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

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

9. How old was Virginia when she wrote A Sketch of the Past?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

10. Why did Virginia's oldest sister feel so much guilt after her mother's death?
(a) She fought with her mother the day before.
(b) She was afraid to have more responsibility.
(c) She did not want to care for her family.
(d) She was not there when it happened.

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

12. Which part of her mind does Virginia say made the first memory of the vacation home?
(a) Her literary mind.
(b) Her ephemeral mind.
(c) Her spiritual mind.
(d) Her literal mind.

13. What was the name of Virginia's mother?
(a) Jennie.
(b) Jannette.
(c) Julia.
(d) Jean.

14. Who was Virginia writing Reminiscences for?
(a) Her stepfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her nephew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Woolf say she was always looking for in her life?

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

3. What kind of fabric did Virginia compare day-to-day living to?

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

5. How old was Virginia's mother when she died?

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